Opinion: Beeper isn't just fighting Apple, it's pushing against human instincts.
  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t really get the big deal, it feels like a janky workaround when people could just use a different messaging platform and wait till Apple complies with the EU order

    Around where I am, lots of friends have Apple devices but chats are still scattered across various messaging platforms

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    They’ll win if they file legal action. Their servers are not a public service and they offer no invitation for Beeper to use them for compute. A podcast app developer likened it to if a competing app tried to use his servers to sync podcast subscriptions. When you frame it as anything other than a big corporation stomping on a smaller company, it’s obviously stealing resources. I am not endorsing either side. Just stating a fact.

    • Roopappy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’ve been on an iPhone for about 3.5 weeks now and iMessage is driving me nuts. It might be the reason I go back to Android.

      1. You cannot use any other apps for SMS messaging on an iPhone. iMessage is the only option.
      2. Unlike Google Messages, it is impossible to use a desktop app to send and receive your text messages… unless you replace all your computers with Macs. Most iPhone users don’t have a Mac, so this is just missing functionality.

      This is dumb. I used that feature constantly. It’s the worst thing about the switch.