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Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by mattl »

pdntspa wrote: post #82
madeofpalk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Nobody' in the EU uses iMessage, even on iPhones. Everyone here already uses Whatsapp. This demonstrates a lack of a monopoly and how competition can flourish. Honestly - and EU-regulation that Apple faces over iMessage would just be collateral damage from EU targeting Whatsapp.

God I really wish we Americans would get on whatsapp

British-American here. WhatsApp is very good despite its owners. Way better than anything else which is why we continue to use it for group chats.

There’s no other good group chat encrypted option for both iPhone and Android.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by ivanjermakov »

pdntspa wrote: post #82
madeofpalk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Nobody' in the EU uses iMessage, even on iPhones. Everyone here already uses Whatsapp. This demonstrates a lack of a monopoly and how competition can flourish. Honestly - and EU-regulation that Apple faces over iMessage would just be collateral damage from EU targeting Whatsapp.

God I really wish we Americans would get on whatsapp

I don't consider any of these as a viable option.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by maxlin »

Grustaf wrote: post #81

> "if Apple truly cares about the privacy and security of their own iPhone users, why would they stop a service that enables their own users to now send encrypted messages to Android users, rather than using unsecure SMS?" - Eric Migicovsky 1. If Apple sees this as a gap, it is very obvious that they would address that themselves, rather than by allowing a hack to exploit loopholes in their architecture 2. Since Appl…

Since apple has no control over your fire extinguisher, they sent a man to securely take it from your house and dispose of it. It could have been a bomb for all you know.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by mattl »

School-Cotton wrote: post #110
pdntspa wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

God I really wish we Americans would get on whatsapp

Why? What is so great about it? It seems practically identical to signal and, if everyone is already on iOS, strictly worse than iMessage.

Signal group chats are shit by comparison.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by etrautmann »

pdntspa wrote: post #82
madeofpalk wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Nobody' in the EU uses iMessage, even on iPhones. Everyone here already uses Whatsapp. This demonstrates a lack of a monopoly and how competition can flourish. Honestly - and EU-regulation that Apple faces over iMessage would just be collateral damage from EU targeting Whatsapp.

God I really wish we Americans would get on whatsapp

It felt like most of the US was on whatsapp and then everyone moved to signal and telegram

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by MBCook »

School-Cotton wrote: post #123
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #84

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How many people are still using safari on Mac? Everyone I know uses chrome, but maybe that’s just in the states?

I know a few people who use safari on Mac. Either because they just don’t care enough to install another browser, or because they prefer the more “native Mac” look and feel.

> Either because they just don’t care enough to install another browser…

Why does so many people have this attitude that Safari sucks and the only people who use it are idiots who don’t know better?

It’s so incredibly insulting.

Not that putting native Mac in quotes implies anything nice either.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by dgellow »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #84
trynumber9 wrote: post #47

The EU should, like they did years ago with PC operating systems, mandate a default browser selection screen. And a default messenger selection screen. And a default app store selection screen. Not that we'd get it in the US but it would help reduce Apple/Google market capture efforts.

How many people are still using safari on Mac? Everyone I know uses chrome, but maybe that’s just in the states?

I do use safari on macOS, and edge on windows. What am I missing? I only use chrome when debugging web stuff because I’m more used to their web console and tooling, but I don’t see a need to use it as my main browser.

Re: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access

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Post by wffurr »

123sereusername wrote: post #104

Why not just use signal?

No one is stopping you and everyone you know from switching to Signal.

You can even use Beeper (Cloud) as a client if you don’t mind using a relay. They also had plans to extend Beeper Mini to support Signal and other e2e encrypted chat apps with no relay.

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