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

Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by vikramkr on Thursday December 14, 2023 @07:10PM (#38649339)

It's interesting to simultaneously see takes complaining about fragmentation and apple having monopoly power in this thread. In sympathetic to the fragmentation take honestly, apple doesn't stop you from installing Whatsapp, but it's an interesting situation where it's folks who opted into a closed system that are complaining about the system being closed

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by enragedcacti on Thursday December 14, 2023 @07:51PM (#38649661)

> It's interesting to simultaneously see takes complaining about fragmentation and apple having monopoly power in this thread.

They are both issues! Fragmentation in messaging is a real problem in the US, and iMessage has for a decade been the closest to a solution for iPhone users. Users' frustration with fragmentation pushes them into the app where 1) they know the message will get there, and 2) there's a 50% chance the experience won't suck. iMessage's existence in a fragmented market and refusal to interoperate all but guarantees the fragmentation will continue.

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Re:Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggestin... by willseth on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:06PM (#38649788)

> where it's folks who opted into a closed system that are complaining about the system being closed

The folks complaining are a vocal minority of Android users. Everyone else doesn't care.

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