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Re: Facetime on Android

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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <edadmkF9g1qU1@mid.individual.net>, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > > > > > >>> I have Android where others have Facetime.
> > > > > > >>> I suspect the answer is no but is there any way to get Facetime on
> > > > > > >>> Android?
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Nope. It's Apple proprietary and no clients have been made
> > > > > > >> available
> > > > > > >> outside of iOS and macOS.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > apple was planning on making it open source but got sued and was
> > > > > > > forced to not do that.
> > > > 
> > > >   But Apple could still keep it closed source and port it to other
> > > > platforms, but apparently 'chose' not do do so.
> > > 
> > > because there's no benefit to bother, even if the resources to do so
> > > were zero (which they aren't).
> > 
> >   I'm sure that in your walled garden universe there isn't, but we can
> > hope that Apple is actually just a tad smarter than you, cant we!?
> 
> the only walls are those *you* put up.

  Nope, *Apple* put up those walls, or better, did not pull them down.

> >   BTW, can you please go and create your own walled garden version of
> > Usenet? It would be ever so much better for all concerned! After all,
> > who needs fscking standards [1] if you can make closed proprietary
> > stuff?
> 
> facetime is only closed due to losing a patent troll lawsuit. apple
> *wanted* it to be open source.

  Non sequitur! As mentioned/quoted above, it doesn't have to be open
source to be ported (by Apple):

[Rewind:]

> > > >   But Apple could still keep it closed source and port it to other
> > > > platforms, but apparently 'chose' not do do so.

> your issue is not with apple, but the scumbag patent trolls in east
> texas and the corrupt judges there who consistently find in favour of
> said trolls. that's why nearly every patent troll lawsuit is filed
> there, no matter who the target of the lawsuit happens to be.

  It's not 'my' issue, but *the* issue, and it *is* with Apple.

  *If* what you imply is true - which it clearly is not - Apple would
have to withdraw the iOS/OS X versions as well. Since they don't,
there's nothing which prevents them to *porting* it to other platforms.

  So please keep your baseless FUD to yourself.

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  Re: Facetime on Android Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2016-12-31 09:25 +0100
    Re: Facetime on Android Stijn De Jong <stijndekoning@nlnet.nl> - 2016-12-31 20:17 +0100
  Re: Facetime on Android tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-31 04:07 -0500
    Re: Facetime on Android Stijn De Jong <stijndekoning@nlnet.nl> - 2016-12-31 20:17 +0100
  Re: Facetime on Android Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-06 08:36 +0000
    Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-06 08:58 -0500
      Re: Facetime on Android Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2017-01-06 16:20 +0100
        Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-06 11:03 -0500
          Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-06 19:48 +0000
            Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-06 15:16 -0500
              Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-06 20:40 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-06 15:48 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-07 11:08 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 13:06 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-07 19:54 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 15:11 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2017-01-07 22:57 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 18:23 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-07 19:54 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 15:11 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-07 21:29 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-07 18:23 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 00:48 -0500
                Re: Facetime on Android Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-08 17:00 +0000
                Re: Facetime on Android nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-10 21:41 -0500

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