Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper

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From	Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject	Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper
Date	Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:41:40 -0800
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On 2024-01-31 19:02, Sten deJoode wrote:
> On 1 Feb 2024 02:06:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:
> 
>> iMessage is an Apple product
>> that Android users want to use without owning an Apple device.
> 
> No. You still can't seem to comprehend that they're on Android.
> They're not on an iPhone.
> They don't want an iPhone.

They want a SERVICE that Apple provides to customers of Apple PRODUCTS.

> 
> If they did want an iPhone, they'd buy an iPhone.
> But they don't want an iPhone.
> 
> In fact, they don't want anything whatsoever to do with the iPhone.
> 
> What some people want to use is the Apple messages mainframe server.
> Which allows those people to send MMS attachments over the Internet.
> 
> Because they have a crappy carrier that charges them for MMS attachments.
> Just like they want the WhatsApp servers (which most of Europe uses).
> 
> What they want are the WhatsApp servers (& the people they reach).
> And they want the Apple messaging servers (& the people they reach).
> 
> You'll never understand that because you're desperate to find something
> (anything) redeeming in the iPhone itself (which is just a dumb terminal).

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Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 19:05 -0500
  Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 02:06 +0000
    Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-01-31 22:02 -0500
      Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-01-31 19:41 -0800
      Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 05:25 +0000
        Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-01 01:06 -0500
          Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-01 15:51 +0000
            Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-02 13:13 -0500
              Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-03 01:07 +0000
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Sten deJoode <StendeJood@nospam.net> - 2024-02-03 05:31 -0500
                Re: Apple banned some of its customers' Macs for using Beeper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-02-03 17:16 +0000

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