US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple’s alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.

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    10 months ago

    Reverse engineering it is not, sure. And Beeper could do that and run their own messaging service with their own infrastructure running their reverse engineered version.

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      10 months ago

      And that’s what they’re doing.

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        10 months ago

        That’s not what they’re doing. They’re using Apple’s version for free. They’re also encouring their users to violate their terms of service agreements with Apple en-masse.