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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You're right - but, as Cory Doctorow points out, Apple owe their success to reverse engineering, the very thing they're busy blocking now.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They're not blocking reverse engineering. They're blocking unauthorized access to their servers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're being unnecessarily pedantic. Apple was blocking interoperability and reverse engineering found a solution—and Apple is blocking that solution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not being remotely pedantic.

Apple reverse-engineered MS standards to improve interoperability so you could open Apple files on Windows and vise versa. They didn't reverse engineer Windows security so that you could open Apple files on MS servers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Apple reverse engineered a file format, Beeper reverse engineered a protocol.

Microsoft made several changes to try to keep Apple out, Apple's also made several changes to keep Beeper out, except now everyone's online so it's happening way faster.

It's not exactly the same kind of reverse engineering, but I never said it was. I think you've got a very narrow definition of reverse engineering in your head and you're quibbling over me using it more broadly than you would.