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Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’ (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’::Beeper, like Sunbird and Texts, sought to find a way to bring iMessage to Android users. Its app, Beeper Mini, worked well. But a few days after it launched, Apple took steps to shut it down.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apple definitely does, they just think their users are stupid enough to not know the difference.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

~~think~~ know

Your average Apple (or Android) user is dumber than a bag of rocks when it comes to technology.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Infinite growth.

They must gain more profit at any cost so their personal shares and shareholders are appeased. Once you have saturated the only next step is exploitation. Push moral boundaries for profit.