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>Apple's device sales subsidize the cost Apple pays to run this system. And Beeper bought and paid for the Apple devices which they use to route iMessage. What
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>Apple's device sales subsidize the cost Apple pays to run this system.
And Beeper bought and paid for the Apple devices which they use to route iMessage. What's the problem? Looks fair and square to me.
Apple is legally allowed to try to block me for breaking their ToS, but legally, I bought the device, I can do whatever I want with it since it's my property now, including trying to route iMessage on my device and my account if hat's what I want.
It's still not stealing because I paid Apple for the HW, and stealing means breaking the law, not breaking Apple's ToS which are silly and worthless anyway.
- averageRoyalty 3y ago> And Beeper bought and paid for the Apple devices which they use to route iMessage. What's the problem? Looks fair and square to me. I'm assuming you're confused here and not intentionally misleading. Beeper Cloud (formerly just Beeper) uses Apple devices to route iMessages. This is legit and as far as I know hasn't been blocked or stopped in any way. Beeper Mini (the Android app in discussion) doesn't use this system and is instead exploiting a loophole left to allow older Apple devices to use the platform. Stealing is also not only a legal term, but can be used in a purely ethical context too. I don't think anybody's arguing that Beeper or their users are breaking the law.
- dann0 3y agoThey didn’t buy hardware to make Beeper Mini work. They are using an exploit in the protocols to make this work. Be honest, if Apple was the party taking someone else’s property without permission, and then selling it for their own gain, would you still be defending this? I wager you wouldn’t.