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

  • @NOT_RICK
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    15 months ago

    Which should go away anyway once Apple bakes in RCS support

    • tb_
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      95 months ago

      Which they will surely do with no caveats whatsoever.

      • @NOT_RICK
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        25 months 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
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          25 months ago

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

          • @NOT_RICK
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            05 months 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?

            • @[email protected]
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              -15 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      -25 months ago

      They’re not doing encryption, because Google is using their own.

      RCS is too little, too late. It sucks. I refuse to ever use it.