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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users (techcrunch.com)

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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

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[-] tb_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Which they will surely do with no caveats whatsoever.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They’re doing the GSMA standard and nothing else. I think they refuse to play ball with any standard Google controls either directly or indirectly.

[-] creed10@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I hate apple as much as the next guy, but I respect them for that

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It’s just smart business. Why give up any level of control of anything to a direct competitor when you don’t have to?

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Especially Google, and especially the crappy implementation of RCS.

I see posts every day of people having issues. Messages not sent, not received, etc.

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