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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No, they were charging money as they had their own APN to BPN bridge. Plus the usual cost of development and more.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To keep Beeper Mini running, Beeper uses a Beeper Push Notification (BPN) service to connect to Apple's servers and notify you of new messages.

    And it uses Apples gateway service for setup.

    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/beeper-mini-on-android-claims-to-have-reverse-engineered-imessage-compatibility

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yes. I did mention APN (Apple Push Notifications) to Beeper Push Notifications which then routes via FCM for Android. The whole setup does require active server cost + time to work on the app to bring it to parity with iMessage Features.

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