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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users (techcrunch.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As much as I dislike apple, I don't really hold it against people if they choose to use iPhones. Iphones are overpriced, but they're decent phones and I can't really blame someone for not wanting to learn a different mobile OS or lose out on all the apps they've paid for. Also a lot of android OEMs make terrible design decisions with their software modifications/bloatware, and it can be really hard for someone non-tech savvy to know how to buy a good android phone. Iphones are comparably simple to shop for, you only have a few options and they're all going to be decent (if not necessarily a good value).

Iphone elitism really bothers me though, it feels like it's taking a lack of knowledge/experience and turning it into something to feel smug about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly.

I use an iPhone for work, because they pay for it, it does the essentials well, and since they manage the device, I get no benefit from Android's openness.

My personal phone will always be Android, because I like to use a pocket computer the way I want to use it, not how the vendor thinks I should use it.