Beeper Mini is down
Beeper Mini is down
Well it was a fun few days but beeper mini is down. Someone supposedly affiliated with the project said on reddit it was on Beeper's end but people testing it say Apple has blocked something.
Either way it's just more illustration that it isn't because Apple can't do iMessage on android. Not that anyone should have ever believed that. They just want a walled garden with their users trapped inside to be repeatedly prayed upon. And not even RCS coming to iOS is really going to change that.
My issue with the demands to have apple allow iMessage on other platforms is that then we could get stuck with the expectation of catering to those users.
There already are encrypted messengers like signal, telegram, or even WhatsApp. Why aren't people pushing at Apple users to make that switch themselves
Why aren’t people pushing at Apple users to make that switch themselves
If you've ever tried to get someone to use the non-default... anything, you would probably note that most people will not go out of their way to use something that isn't the default. The fact that Apple doesn't allow you to set another messenger app means that your appeal to most Apple users will quickly run into the neat wall that Apple keeps around their garden. It doesn't hurt Apple's defense of that default that they convey a special status to users of the default, why would someone who is special in the default app (blue bubble) go out of their way to be a normie elsewhere?
Apple does not want to switch. Apple likes their trapped prey in a walled garden. They will do a minimalist RCS implementation. And then when people fail to adopt it because it purposely doesn't have the features that iMessage has. They can feign that they complied. But the people have spoken and they want the monopoly.
And what really would be the cost of catering to those people? I think plenty of Android people would be happy if they were even a second thought as long as they were a thought at all. If beeper was actually selling subscriptions for this. Apple is actively trying not to do business. They could easily provide this service for the same price or more that they give to Apple users for free. It's like Apple doesn't want money. Or that they think there's more money to be had by keeping their users locks down and trapped.
Exactly. Screw that. I rather use a better app that are much more popular in Europe
Exactly... I really don't need another messaging app. Apple users should feel the pain and just switch to something else.
Owww! :(
That's sad. But at the same times trying to bypass a gatekeeper is always incertain. They can change something that is difficult to reverse enginering and it's the end of the story. :/