Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation

Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by howmayiannoyyou on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:35AM (#38683840)

An obvious solution would be for Apple to offer users an integrated messaging experience of its own across platforms. I understand why on the surface that seems in error, but its badly needed.

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Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by tomalbrc on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:47AM (#38684043)

There are so many 3rd party communication sevices you can use free of charge.

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Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by verwalt on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:17AM (#38684528)

"But that one chick I met on tinder laughed at my green bubbles, so I want to use iMessage!!!"

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Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by theklr on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:33PM (#38685547)

This feels like the crux of the beeper battle. I can’t wait for the Aaron Sorkin adoption on a Netflix miniseries.

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Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by pxmpxm on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:47AM (#38694866)

So mostly android users doing all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify some company selling stealing compute for two bucks a month.

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Re:Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ... by mr_toad on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:25PM (#38691436)

Buying an iPhone might not be the most expensive part of dating.

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