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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution (techcrunch.com)
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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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[–] 61 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I wish Apple would just release an iMessage app for Android and be done with it.

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  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why would they do that? The point is exclusivity to foster peer pressure to all be on iPhone. Google offered to integrate with iMessage and vice versa, so that consumers would have the best experience regardless of platform, ages ago. Apple declined, and then removed some of Googles office suite apps from their store.

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

    Step 1) use peer pressure to get teens on platform

    Step 2) vendor lock-in to keep them as lifetime customers

    Step 3) profit

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You need the dumb parents to participate. If parents just said "no, you're getting an android", this wouldn't be a problem. Parents are complicit.

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