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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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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 83 points 9 months ago

i had no idea that having green chat bubbles upset people so much.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl -4 points 9 months ago

I'm absolutely blown away by the number of people who actually think this is about bubble colors...

[-] tcely@fosstodon.org 1 points 9 months ago

This is a good video explaining things, for anyone who doesn't know about the situation Apple created.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q

Alternative 🔗:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q
https://piped.video/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q

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