Apple Smashes Ban Hammer on Beeper iMessage Users

Apple has taken to banning Beeper's Android users from iMessage entirely.
Tim's crew still claims Beeper is a threat to user security, but nobody's buying that excuse.
Cofounder Eric Migicovsky has all but given up Beeper's game of Whac-A-Mole.
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It appears that Apple may be detecting the instan­ces  being used by Beeper, and then striking the registration's access from iMessage.
Apple  support reps are telling them their computer has been flagged for spam, or for sending too many mess­ages - even though that's not the case.
The previous experience was that you, on an iPhone, would have texted me, on an Android, over an unen­crypted, low-quality SMS protocol.
Apple [argued] Beeper Mini threatened the security and privacy of iMessage users, when in reality, the truth is the exact opposite.
It's about being able to participate in group chats, it's about being able to have an encrypted conversation.
This whole thing is  basically an elaborate plan to eventually use this in court against Apple to prove its anti-competitive practices.
Or] at the least this is a press strategy orchestrated by someone with an interest in opening up the iMessage monopoly.
I'm sure [Eric] realized early on that  the vulnerability to Apple shutting them down was obvious.
Which leads me to conclude he saw value to be created in just basically messing with Apple.
I am not suggesting that he founded the company to do this.
I find it hard to believe that he believed that reverse engineering such an elaborate workaround would work.
Apple's hostility towards their own customers is quite amazing, really.
Microsoft may dictate what the UI looks like and how we start our programs, regardless of user desires.
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This Cyber News was published on securityboulevard.com. Publication date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:13:05 +0000