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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by user_7832 on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:53PM (#38647836)
> Not commenting about the ethics of all this, just wondering why technically Apple can only block ~5% of Beeper Mini users instead of all of them? Could this potentially be tied to the use of an email id as the iMessage handle?

I wonder if it might also have anything to do with govt action. I believe a US elected rep recently tweeted in favour of Beeper. Apple cares much more about PR than they'll admit, and server costs for them are negligible.

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by nozzlegear on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:49PM (#38649122)
The rep was Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was once pretty popular during the Obama years when she helped create the CFPB. She sadly doesn’t hold much sway (e: in the senate) anymore.
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