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Users report having their Apple hardware banned, Beeper responds by locking the discussion 😳 (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/beeper@lemmy.ml
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Update: it may be limited to those using a hackintosh in conjunction with beeperserv (the jailbreak tweak). Still kind of lousy of them to lock the reddit topic though…

Several users recently reported that after using pypush—the tool that Beeper paid $25,000 for in order to build Beeper Mini—Apple banned their genuine Apple hardware devices from accessing iMessage.

When their comments were shared to the r/Beeper subreddit, one of the mods whom Beeper appointed decided to lock the comments, citing the “need to investigate this further” and directing concerned users to “reach out to support through the appropriate channels.”

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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Can we finally stop believing/repeating Apple's lie that the blue bubbles are about security? It's clearly and obviously about controlling their users.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's not even about controlling their users, it's literally to sell phones. The most impressionable demographic are teenagers and young adults. Apple has sold them the idea that blue bubbles are cool and green bubbles are uncool. Thus people without blue bubbles are outsiders, which creates societal pressure to them to buy an iPhone.

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (28 children)

    Wow, Apple sucks

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    In other news, mountains are tall.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    I almost doubted this would happen because of how bad of a decision it would be to ban people over this but yet again Apple never seizes to surprise me.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    *ceases

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (8 children)

    you can edit comments

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    That's not the original commenter making the correction

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    thanks didnr see

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    • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I just can't take this anymore. How is this not literally illegal? Right to Own, Apple

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It would definitely be interesting to see this go to a major court. I imagine Apple will argue you’re free to do whatever you want on your device but that that does not extend to iMessage servers because those requires accepting pretty strict terms of service and will argue the users are breaking the EULA which they agreed to. Apple will argue they have the right to run their servers as they see fit.

    We need new regulations around corporations that run these pseudo-commons platforms as “legit capitalist platforms.”

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yep, I think you nailed it. Also, crucial distinction: one is a product (e.g., iMac), and the other is a service. When you purchase an iMac, you're acquiring the product; using the services is a separate aspect from a contractual perspective.

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    • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Shocked! Just shocked!

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    i dont know why anyone even bothers to buy or support Apple. They are a truly despicable, revolting, murderous, cruel, selfish, humanity-destroying company full of nauseating filthy staff. They are truly a pox on humanity.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Murderous?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I guess you could argue that given the conflict minerals? idk

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (10 children)

    what is pypush? is that the tool used for initial registration on non-mac devices? That's what I'm getting from the github page: https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush

    So are these users registering imessage accounts on non-apple hardware and then using apple hardware with that account? Seems strange.

    /edit the mods responded here saying that the user is known for spreading misinformation. So they're not just banning a random person for saying this. Fyi I'm not banned yet.

    /edit2 the user kugo10 is saying that the bans are everywhere but at least one user in that thread is saying their VM was banned but their iphone was fine and able to use imessage.

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