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Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android (arstechnica.com)

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Upstart Android OEM hopes Apple won't immediately shut the project down.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

That is the hard-to-believe plan from upstart phone manufacturer "Nothing," which says the new "Nothing Chats" will allow users to use "iMessage on Android" complete with a blue bubble sent to all their iPhone friends.

According to a Washington Post article with quotes from the CEOs of Nothing and Sunbird, Nothing will "start" rolling out "an early version" of Nothing Chats with iMessage compatibility on Friday.

Surely, any Android OEM offering "iMessage" support would immediately have the project shut down by Apple.

Sunbird has claimed to be able to send iMessages on Android for a long time, has missed its deadline for launch, and generally doesn't come off as a serious company.

Doesn't hacking into iMessage with a third-party client violate Apple's terms of service, possibly leading to an account ban?

Instead, the Sunbird people focused on how great it would be if the whole world could hold hands and share access to blue-colored chat bubbles.

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