Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down138
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squareCyberflunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-211 months agohow could no one have forseen the most obvious outcome in the world coming?
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·11 months agoSaw a few comments in the initial threads about it confidently claiming Apple wouldn’t be able to keep Beeper Mini out since doing so would mess with iOS too. Super weird to be so sure about that when they obviously didn’t know shit about it.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoAll they need to do is look for which Apple devices are being used as proxies and blacklist them
minus-squareIAm_A_Complete_Idiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoNot in this one, iirc they actually reverse engineered and were working off of apple libraries, rather than proxies.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDoes it make a difference? They still need to use Apple accounts and spoof real devices (serial numbers, etc, I’m guessing)
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·11 months agoFrom a business perspective, this was the stupidest possible investment. There is no way Apple was going to let this fly. Why would you sink so much money into such a stupid product?
minus-squareMeowoem@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoA lot of people seem to live in a delusional bubble where they don’t realize all the shitty things about apple products are by design.
minus-squarePseudonaut@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoYep. I wish Beeper had just stuck with the PC and iOS apps.
how could no one have forseen the most obvious outcome in the world coming?
Saw a few comments in the initial threads about it confidently claiming Apple wouldn’t be able to keep Beeper Mini out since doing so would mess with iOS too.
Super weird to be so sure about that when they obviously didn’t know shit about it.
All they need to do is look for which Apple devices are being used as proxies and blacklist them
Not in this one, iirc they actually reverse engineered and were working off of apple libraries, rather than proxies.
Does it make a difference? They still need to use Apple accounts and spoof real devices (serial numbers, etc, I’m guessing)
From a business perspective, this was the stupidest possible investment. There is no way Apple was going to let this fly.
Why would you sink so much money into such a stupid product?
A lot of people seem to live in a delusional bubble where they don’t realize all the shitty things about apple products are by design.
Yep. I wish Beeper had just stuck with the PC and iOS apps.