Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream

Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream by Nextgrid on Thursday December 21, 2023 @07:12PM (#38729056)

Call Apple's bullshit and prove that there is technically no reason why iMessage can't work on Android. The only reason it doesn't work is because Apple doesn't want it to, not that it's technically impossible or has security concerns.

Considering the media coverage and that there are now bipartisan calls for an antitrust investigation I think they've succeeded very well.

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Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream by rootusrootus on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:12PM (#38730106)

> The only reason it doesn't work is because Apple doesn't want it to

How many people thought otherwise? If they thought about it at all? I feel like HN users vastly overestimate the amount of thought the average user puts into things like this.

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Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream by jacksontrom on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:21AM (#38732472)

I can assure you the vast majority thought that the problem was with Android phones.

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Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream by Nextgrid on Saturday December 23, 2023 @04:59PM (#38748673)

Apple really pushes the snake-oil that locking out Beeper is because of security and not vendor lock-in & business interests. They wouldn't do so if nobody believed it.

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