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Re: Facetime on Android

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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.

>   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.

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.

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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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