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

    • tb_
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      911 months ago

      Which they will surely do with no caveats whatsoever.

      • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        211 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.

          • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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            011 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?

            • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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              -111 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.

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      -211 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.