3 ms·
Normal. There were people selling apps that bought iMessage to other platforms, by using VMs in servers running the desktop App and using the scripting functio
by NEDM64 10y ago
Normal.
There were people selling apps that bought iMessage to other platforms, by using VMs in servers running the desktop App and using the scripting functionality.
- andybak 10y agoThis gets to the heart of why Apple probably did it and why it's significant. It was a nasty hack for interoperability but it worked and is probably the only thing that would work. It also indicates how much Apple cares about squashing interoperability for iMessage. Whether you feel this is because it presents a security risk or a business risk is down to the cut of your tin foil hat.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoWell, Apple originally planned to make FaceTime (and thus presumably also iMessage) an open standard. Patent trolling put an end to that.
- mcmatterson 10y agoI always wondered about where that promise went. Do you have a source for your statement?
- NEDM64 10y agoIt's not only squashing interop. with iMessage. It's also a way to squash spam and whatnot from iMessage.