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The article skirts around the edges of this, but it’s pretty clear that all Beeper is doing is defeating a cached hardware check by falsely representing itself
by SpicyLemonZest 3y ago
The article skirts around the edges of this, but it’s pretty clear that all Beeper is doing is defeating a cached hardware check by falsely representing itself as being the Mac device used for “registration data”. I expect that some change is in the works that will break it entirely, and unless regulators are interested in forbidding hardware checks entirely I don’t see what they would do to intervene here.
- beeboobaa 3y ago> unless regulators are interested in forbidding hardware checks entirely I don’t see what they would do to intervene here Simple, they tell apple: Open up. They don't have to care about any of the technical details. That's politics for you.
- SpicyLemonZest 3y agoOpen up what? If they write a rule that doesn’t specify technical details, it seems like the already existing functionality to send and receive SMS messages from the iMessage app would be sufficient.
- pseudalopex 3y ago> Open up what? The iMessage service. > If they write a rule that doesn’t specify technical details, it seems like the already existing functionality to send and receive SMS messages from the iMessage app would be sufficient. The app is Messages.
- Grustaf 3y agoThat rule would probably then apply to all message apps
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoWhich would be a good thing!
- Grustaf 3y agoFrom a philosophical or practical standpoint? For me personally, I don’t care at all, i have no philosophical objections to companies running their own, closed chat apps. There are no hurdles for new entrants. And practically speaking, it’s a very small inconvenience to have to switch app when chatting to some friends. It even has some benefits, each of the apps will have fewer conversations to keep track of.