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Bipartisan Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Hell Apple Is Blocking Beeper Mini

iMessage has managed to keep its blue bubbles locked down on-app despite Beeper Mini managing to reverse engineer Apple’s messaging protocol.
iMessage has managed to keep its blue bubbles locked down on-app despite Beeper Mini managing to reverse engineer Apple’s messaging protocol. Photo: Kafka Ibram (Shutterstock)

Apple’s recent move to block Beeper Mini, the app that lets Android users chat with iPhone through the iMessage protocol, has caught the eye and a fair bit of ire of several U.S. congresspeople. Now lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the tech giant over “potential anticompetitive treatment” of the smaller messaging app. – Kyle Barr Read More

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