Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

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    1 year ago

    Anyone who doesn’t want to touch a Facebook product with a thousand foot pole.

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      And then there’s me, who doesn’t want to touch a Facebook, Apple, or Google product with a thousand foot-pole.

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              Yes.

              As appealing as going completely off-grid is in an idealistic kind of way, I still have to function in modern sOcIeTy, which requires me to make some compromises. If you know of any quality phones that aren’t controlled by any big tech companies, let me know.

              I’ve heard of the Fairphone, unfortunately it’s not sold in the US.