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Re: [NEWS] Beeper Mini developer gives up

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On 2024-01-29, Nick Charles <the.thin@man> wrote:
> On 1/29/2024 12:30 AM, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-01-29 05:25:29 +0000, Your Name said:
>> 
>>> Non-surprise of the millennium.  :-\
>>> The only surprise is that Apple didn't sue the fool into complete 
>>> bankruptcy.
>>>
>>>     Beeper Mini Throws in the Towel
>>>     -------------------------------
>>>     It's moving on to its "mission beyond iMesage."
>>>
>>>     Beeper appears to have officially given up on the cat-and-mouse
>>>     game it's been engaged in with Apple to try and provide a
>>>     seamless iMessage solution for Android users following a final
>>>     death blow by Apple earlier this month.
>> <snip>
>>>
>>>     ... Ultimately, it hopes that Apple will be "forced to see the
>>>     light" by regulators, but that's a grey area at best since
>>>     iMessage is hardly the only messaging platform available on the
>>>     iPhone, and it's not even the most popular one, at least outside
>>>     of the US. It's far more likely that Apple's implementation of
>>>     RCS later this year will appease antitrust concerns by providing
>>>     equal footing for a more modern open standard.
>> 
>> Since when is having a propritery format for your app's data an 
>> "antiturst" problem??
>> 
>> If the lawmakers are going down that moronically stupid route, then 
>> almost every developer around is going to have legal problems, as well 
>> us as having less secure apps. Forget a secure password manager (for 
>> example) because everyone else is going to "have to" be allowed to 
>> access the data format.  :-\
>
> This is NOT an antitrust issue.  Al of this stems from the mistaken 
> belief - first spouted by the moron in charge of Epic Games - that Apple 
> is a "monopoly".
>
> You CAN'T have a "monopoly" on your own product.  That's not how it 
> works.   Monopolies exist in markets, not products.  The market here is 
> phones.   There are PLENTY of choices besides Apple.  If Apple had 95% 
> of the phone market, THEN these fools would have a point.  Apple has 
> around 25% of the global market.
>
> Why don't we force Toyota to "see the light" and allow me to buy a Camry 
> with a Honda engine?  Toyota has a "monopoly" on Camrys!
>
> See how ridiculous that sounds?
>
> Apple does not owe anyone anything.  If you want to make money from 
> Apple's products, then you follow Apple's rules.  If you want to use 
> iMessage, then get an iPhone/iPad/Mac.
>
> If you don't like the rules then too bad.  You are free to not support 
> Apple.  No one is forcing you to support Apple.  No one is forcing you 
> buy an iPhone.   No one is forcing you to buy a Toyota.

That pretty much sums it up. These people think Apple owes them
something, or they simply want to see Apple hurt in some way. It's lame.

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JR

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    Re: [NEWS] Beeper Mini developer gives up Nick Charles <the.thin@man> - 2024-01-29 10:01 -0500
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