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There's been a lot of speculation about this, and in principle it's correct. At the end of the day Beeper can work to spoof genuine devices until its indistingu
by SilverBirch 3y ago
There's been a lot of speculation about this, and in principle it's correct. At the end of the day Beeper can work to spoof genuine devices until its indistinguishable from an old iPhone and to block it Apple would essentially have to either force push an update to every device and enforce its installation (they probably can't/won't do this). But in reality Beeper probably leaks a load of data to Apple that Apple can use to block it and it's just a cat and mouse game between Beeper bringing in new workaround vs Apple blocking whatever they notice abusing the system. It really just depends how motivated Apple is to chase this down, and the low cost way for Apple to chase this down is.... to sue Beeper. Beeper might actually be able to outsmart them over time in engineering, but they sure as hell can't outspend them on lawyers.
- sneak 3y agoIt’s end users connecting to Apple’s APNS API endpoints, not Beeper. Apple can try suing Beeper for publishing software, but ultimately software (that doesn’t infringe trademarks or copyrights) is protected expression.