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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution (techcrunch.com)
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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it accessed the message system directly then it makes sense. They're was one just before it that ran on Mac mini farms.

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beeper Mini registered your phone number with Apple and connected directly to the iMessage servers. That version was killed after three days of usage. The mac mini farm still works but that's just through an apple ID email address.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I recall reading somewhere that you could register your number by putting your SIM card in some old iPhone and activating iMessage and your number gets linked to your Apple ID, once that's done, you could power off the iPhone and put it back in your Android. Although there was some caveat like needing to repeat this process a few months(?) or something otherwise your number would drop off. Not sure if all of this is still valid though.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

They're was one just before it that ran on Mac mini farms.

Pretty much every other service ran on what I assume are MacOS VMs, because buying a $3k MacBook for every user would not make sense.

BlueBubbles, Sunbird, Beeper, etc.