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.

  • Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yes but you tried to hand wave it away because only European users are brainwashed to stick to WhatsApp at all cost. Neither is good. Both can and should be better. The existence of one does not exempt the other.

    It makes plenty of sense if you understand the history. Apple for all their faults did get the first modern smart phone out. They had a lot of momentum from that. And with iMessage they parlayed that into lock in.

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      11 months ago

      I’m not advocating in favor of WhatsApp specifically, I’m advocating for cross platform messaging in general. iMessage is clearly among the worst options, given it’s tied to one specific ecosystem.