One possibility I haven't seen discussed is whether this will end with some sort of "compromise" where Beeper is allowed to continue to operate but users are ma

One possibility I haven't seen discussed is whether this will end with some sort of "compromise" where Beeper is allowed to continue to operate but users are marked in some way differently than both iMessage (client) users and SMS users. Beeper would claim a victory in being allowed to continue existing and provide iMessage access on Android with encryption, sans-SMS, etc., and Apple would be able to mark the "others" in a chat (and perhaps add features to chats with only iMessage clients that aren't supported in chats with other clients).