Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead

Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by shreyansh_k on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:01PM (#38647923)

It can be agreeable to an extend that Apple seem like an extremely restrictive, anti consumer and anti competition. But, the other side (Android), which has been positioned open, pro-consumer and pro-competition doesn't seem to be true to its roots or any better anyways. Android is mostly dominated by Samsung and Samsung is heavily pushing their own ecosystem of apps, just like every other company, and most brands want to lock in their users too.

It's a sad state of affairs.

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by _gabe_ on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:58PM (#38651146)

I was able to easily use Google Play on my old Samsung Galaxy. I’m sure you could also easily use the Galaxy Store on a pixel. The same can’t be said of the iPhone I use now.

Edit: It looks like you can’t use the Galaxy Store on a Pixel. I’m not sure if that’s because Google restricts it or Samsung does.

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by rezonant on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:00AM (#38651444)

You can push your own ecosystem of apps and still allow your customers to replace them. I'm not aware of a Samsung app or service that cannot be swapped out. And I struggle even more to find a Samsung component that is designed to create network effect lock in like iMessage is. And Apple Messages can't be swapped out, it is the only texting app on iOS. You can install Signal or Whatsapp or whatever, but you can only talk to other people who have those apps installed. You cannot use them to talk to any phone number like a texting app can.

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by fh9302 on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:42AM (#38651649)

RCS can't be swapped out, Google hasn't opened the API so you are forced to use Google or Samsung messages app.

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