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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

FUCK APPLE, but they have so many people that let them ass fuck them they continue to do shits like this

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Devils advocate here: it’s their webservice right? They determine who can access it.

If there were legislation that would force them to make it interoperable that would be one thing. But you can’t just demand access to their infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You're right - but, as Cory Doctorow points out, Apple owe their success to reverse engineering, the very thing they're busy blocking now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No one is saying what they do is illegal, people just say they are cunts.