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.