It took less than a week for Beeper Mini to run into a wall.

Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app::Apple on Friday managed to block Beeper Mini from sending and receiving iMessages from Android phones — just days after the new app was released to the public.

  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Disclaimer: long time Android user, occasional Apple user

    why would they stop a service that enables their own users to now send encrypted messages to Android users, rather than using unsecure SMS? With their announcement of RCS support, it’s clear that Apple knows they have a gaping hole here. Beeper Mini is here today and works great. Why force iPhone users back to sending unencrypted SMS when they chat with friends on Android?

    This is pretty disingenuous. Acting like building a hacky solution without first party support from either side of the table is equivalent to first party support of RCS is utter nonsense, and it was inevitably going to break eventually. Beyond that, it’s putting a huge amount of security burden on to a company that haven’t proved their mettle in that area at all. They didn’t even have a backup plan for dealing with Apple’s block, which shows naivety at best and immaturity at worst.

    Apple sucks for the way they shortchange iMessage users and respondents, and Google sucks for how their poor handling of RCS rollout, but that doesn’t make Beeper a knight in shining armour.

    Appreciate the chutzpah of what they’ve tried to do, but there’s no need to dress it up as some sort of savior technology. It’s cringe worthy.