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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users (techcrunch.com)
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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

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[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It still needs Apple's servers, which tells me they will try and find a way to shut it down. Now that Apple is going to implement RCS, I care a lot less about this.

[–] Unreliable@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think it does anymore. Article states:

So Beeper Mini doesn’t use a Mac server as a relay like all the other apps

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What exactly do you mean with it requiring Apple's servers? All of the services Beeper integrates with require it to communicate with the servers those services belong to.