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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution (techcrunch.com)
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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

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[–] givesomefucks 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd assume some people use it when it's available and just use regular texts or something like Signal for non apple contacts.

I'd be really surprised if anyone only uses it and just never talks to anyone with an android...

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 1 year ago

Like RCS, iMessage falls back to SMS / MMS (aka “green bubbles”) if iMessage isn’t available.

People still talk cross-platform, but people dislike the drop in media quality / functionality when they get kicked to the old protocol.