The last I’ll say on Beeper/Apple/iMessage debacle:
I think it’s within Beeper’s right to attempt at reverse engineering iMessage, but not Apple’s responsibility to be forced or even expected to host Beeper customers. It’s clear Apple doesn’t want to and I don’t blame them. If this ever went to court, Apple would obliterate Beeper—even if they switched lawyers. It’s not Beeper’s right to push the burden and expense of hosting on Apple.
That’s the source of my disappointment in this whole charade. Impending regulation is not the way to improve a product and Apple should do better by releasing a free native Android app to (1) serve as a potential customer-acquisition tool, but more importantly, (2) make the iPhone experience better for iPhone users.
Apple claims they believe security and privacy are fundamental human rights, but their actions suggest that they only care about it sometimes—even if you own an iPhone.
@snazzyq don't eat up #Apple's #propaganda without questioning it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shxTTon5lfs
If they intended it to be #open and/or #secure they would've designed it that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r38Epj6ldKU
But they don't - and like with Hardware they believe it's either "their way or the highway"...
Or why else are tools like #SwitchResX not allowed in the #MacAppStore?
@snazzyq If #Apple actually believed in #Privacy and #Security they would not bow before dictatorships like #China or #SaudiArabia and integrate #Govware, censor their #AppStore and snitch on their users!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev9_oDHNf-4
And don't even try to defend shit like #Absher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAC93n-WHI
Needless to say only #OpenSource and #OpenStandards can and should prevail...
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111620558885013983
@snazzyq Because you don't want #Apple to dictate how things are going forward...
But don't take my word for it - @landley already formulated it way better than I could:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0#t=6m20s
@PC_Fluesterer @snazzyq As a matter of fact, #Apple is legally obligated to only care about the feels of it's #shareholders - that's what a #public #corporation must do per law.
If #Apple did care about the #Environment or #Society or #Privacy it would've been a #Cooperative owned by it's workers and customers!
@snazzyq Whether Apple released a free or paid iMessage app on Android they’d probably get slapped with an antitrust investigation/lawsuit.
Either way, I dont think Apple should be required to provide free services to Android customers/competitors.
RCS interoperability should suffice for most people’s purposes.
Where security/encryption of messaging content is the primary concern, there are other free cross-platform apps like Signal that may be a better choice for such communications.
@snazzyq I'm still dumbfounded to this day why iMessage lock-in is such a big deal here in the US specifically. People in other countries have figured out that cross-platform messaging apps are the way to go. This should be such a non-issue that Beeper shouldn't have to go through this whole mess in the first place.
For my part though, I've never personally heard any iPhone users complain when I've texted them from my Android phone.
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