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Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by gorkish »

wicktron wrote: post #167
gorkish wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OTOH this software existing does change the conversation, especially if the solution gains significant media attention or becomes popular. Hopefully this solution passes muster and does effect some kind of change. Remember when Apple promised that Facetime would be based on SIP and would be interoperable? Neither does anyone. I hope that someone opens this Pandora's box also and gives it to every grandma on the plane…

The VirtnetX patent case is what crushed interopable FaceTime.

You have any other fairytales to tell us?

Re: Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android

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Post by nhumrich »

collegeburner wrote: post #647
nhumrich wrote: post #596

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> apple's unique level of control allows it to produce a superior product with more consistency Another way to read this: Apple has a superior product because they perform anti-competitive practices and don't allow other companies to out-product them. And when they do, they buy them/shut them down before anyone is the wiser.

editorialization. you know as well as anyone that restricting your feature development to your own platform rather than doing a retarded design by committee helps one innovate faster.

Lack of competition has actually been shown to reduce innovation, not increase it. No one is asking them to do feature dev or even support for other platforms. They are asking them not to _shut out_ other platforms if others want to do the work.
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