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Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS
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this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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I predict one of two outcomes once Apple becomes aware of this. Either they'll modify the iMessage protocol to break Nothing Phones compatibility, or they'll sue Nothing Phone for violating some kind of IP law. Apple absolutely wants to maintain their walled garden and letting a non-Apple product transparently interact on equal footing with Apple products runs counter to that.
Nah, Apple doesn't care.
These bridges like the ones found in Beeper/Matrix require a Mac server to perform the handshake with Apple's.
As long as these servers require Apple hardware to function Apple is making money.
It's roughly equivalent to running iMessage on your Mac at home and making an Android/PC app that remotely sends/receives messages to/from that iMessage app on your Mac.
Nah, if it gets big enough, Apple will care. They literally said (based on court document) that iMessage on Android is a horrible idea because it'll make it easier for people to switch platform.