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Apple Confirms It Shut Down iMessage for Android App Beeper Mini
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America has make quick buck and disappear problem. Every one could have seen Beeper was gonna be shut down. It gets reported because it’s Apple. There are many instances with chatGPT, and those blockchain apps. Make a shady service, make it viral, take money and plead subscribers not to ask for a refund.
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There is no law which says you need to open your OS, research, IP to other manufacturers. If that was the case there is no incentive innovate or invest in R&D.
Beeper Mini operated by intercepting the iMessage protocol using Apple's own push notification service, convincing Apple's servers it was an authentic Apple device.
That's a hack, a code made to work in a specific way, to be able to circumvent/abuse current api's
Nothing new here, move on. I remember the days of DOS and the battle between Microsoft and Lotus 123. Microsoft would make changes to DOS that would cause Lotus 123 to no longer function. "DOS ain't done until Lotus won't run".
This makes no sense; you are describing actions that foster competition. If Samsung can’t use Apple’s operating system it means Samsung has to create a competing product. This results in more competition. Its products like Google’s Android that eliminate competition (how many mobile operating systems compete with android?).
You make a good point decoupling iMessage from the Messages app. They’re not the same thing. Apple supports the standard in the Messages app. They’re not required to do any more than that (no matter how much Verge writers whine about it).
Obviously they do have the right to close off their services for non-Apple devices. But as a result, iMessage is a huge failure in most countries outside the US. They did make the huge strategic error back in the day not to open iMessage and Facetime up to the world. Having the largest global messaging platform could also have counted for something. Could easily outweigh the server costs. But it's too little, too late.
Messaging apps don’t really generate any money. Selling more iPhones does. You can see why Apple took the approach they did.
Aww, this is cute. I remember when people regurgitated nonsense like this after Epic's stunt.
Anyway, I hope the Beeper guys team of with the Psystar and Palm guys to figure something out that Apple definitely can't close.
Beeper hasn't taken a single person's money with Beeper Mini. It had a 7 day trial.
The plan was to monetize, and make money. It isn’t the only one to be shutdown. I remember Vanced ad block on YouTube existed for years. The developer decided to sell Vanced NFT to monetize. Google shut it down days after the announcement. People focus on Apple but this is nothing new. There are many of these hacks in AI/chatGPT space that get shut down or made irrelevant by Open AI and others. If you gonna rely on a hack or work around to access a third party ApI or service, you are at the mercy of the third party.
WhatsApp exchanges 100 billion messages daily and generated revenue of $906 million in 2022.
Yep, like apple stepped into Epics trap and fell for it: hook line and sinker. And how did that end up for Epic?
As the remainder it’s all nice hyperbole.
Apple hardware and services are still the main money makers for apple.
