- Beeper says that it received and verified reports of 30 users of Beeper Cloud or Mini that had their Macs banned from using iMessage by Apple.
- Apple Support says the Macs were banned from accessing iMessage due to “spam.”
- Beeper has disabled new iMessage connections to Beeper Cloud, and it’s unclear when or if functionality might return.
Platform exclusive software isn’t my favorite thing in the world but it seems unavoidable. Nobody is out here calling for legal action against Nintendo for not selling a pc copy of Mario. It’s the same thing. Why does iMessage exclusivity make people so angry?
One is a video game and the other is a company creating barriers to communication in an attempt to sell more devices. Not really equivalent imo
Are they really creating barriers?
You can still send an MMS to someone with an iPhone, and vice-versa. SMS and RCS is also supported.
If anyone is creating barriers to communication, Googles proprietary E2E layer on top of RCS is creating incompatibility much more restrictive than whether someone’s text is blue or green.
I’d say both Apple and Google are creating barriers. A common form of communication, sending a picture or video, is a degraded experience due to Apple.
I’ve been able to convert several people to use signal because of that limitation.