Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream
by rootusrootus on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:12PM
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> 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.
Re:Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream
by Nextgrid on Saturday December 23, 2023 @04:59PM
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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.
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.