Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      To be fair, Google’s messaging plans and implementations have been all over the place for a decade. Apple still should have been more proactive. They promised iMessage would come to Android until they realized how much of a moat it became for their business.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t really care which of them is responsible for it not working decently, that’s why I didn’t point the finger at one in particular.

      Point is, it’s between these two companies to agree on a solution that works for both of them and actually implement it. Yet after all this time, they still haven’t to the detriment of consumers globally.

      I’ll believe the IOS RCS implementation when it’s actually released. Promises from corporations are worthless.