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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by dlenski on Saturday March 15, 2025 @02:47AM (#43370542)
As I understand it, only Apple's own apps get the magical blessing to run in the background whenever they want.
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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by gkbrk on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:35AM (#43371561)
Hmm, seems anti-competitive.
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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by actionfromafar on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:46AM (#43371615)
Anti trust enforcement was tried briefly at the turn of the century but was deemed unprofitable for oligarchs, so it is no longer in fashion.
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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by Georgelemental on Saturday March 15, 2025 @10:44AM (#43372862)
Eh, it has seen a mini resurgence recently
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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by immibis on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:28AM (#43377988)
In Europe it's been ruled that since Apple makes no pretense of being competitive, they don't have to be, while Google has to actually deliver on their open platform promises.
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Re:Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging by mikepurvis on Saturday March 15, 2025 @10:13AM (#43372664)
This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.
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