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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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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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Which should go away anyway once Apple bakes in RCS support

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tb_@lemmy.world
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Which they will surely do with no caveats whatsoever.

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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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.

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creed10@lemmy.world
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I hate apple as much as the next guy, but I respect them for that

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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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.

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