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Wasn’t it originally going to be an open protocol, though? I thought the decision to lock it to iOS devices came later.

• kalleboo 6y ago
  I think that was only FaceTime
• eyesee 6y ago
  That was FaceTime.
• guptaneil 6y ago
  As others noted, that was FaceTime and the reason for changing directions was because they lost a lawsuit to a patent troll[0], forcing them to switch from P2P to routing calls through their servers. 0: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20236114 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20236114
  • viraptor 6y ago
    Ok... So they can open that protocol instead.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    I believe non-Apple devices can also connect to servers so that is no excuse.