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Apple partly halts Beeper’s iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead (arstechnica.com)

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[+] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the iMessage push is a US only thing, mainly because almost everyone uses SMS/iMessage for texting, and if you don't have an iPhone you're stuck with the standard SMS features.

In other parts of the world they use WhatsApp, Telegram, or other multi platform messaging apps, so no one really cares about iMessage.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've been on an iPhone for about 3.5 weeks now and iMessage is driving me nuts. It might be the reason I go back to Android.

You cannot use any other apps for SMS messaging on an iPhone. iMessage is the only option.
Unlike Google Messages, it is impossible to use a desktop app to send and receive your text messages... unless you replace all your computers with Macs. Most iPhone users don't have a Mac, so this is just missing functionality.

This is dumb. I used that feature constantly. It's the worst thing about the switch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft’s phone link app works with iphones messaging app now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

When I tried it, the integration was pretty awful. Photos were difficult, and it only showed messages from the current session, not from all time. Searching or replying to a message from yesterday wasn’t possible. Maybe it has gotten better?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your second point is exactly why I got on the beeper waiting list ages ago. It has been a game changer being able to text from my pc for the last 6 months or so, and I’m hoping it comes back… mine currently isn’t receiving messages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Beeper on desktop user here for over a year! It’s still working great and I hope it never goes away. I believe it uses a different system than the android version.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think I’m in that unlucky 5% of users that apple is blocking. Mine quit last week.

Edit: I should mention that I can still send texts, but receiving is broken and no amount of relinking iCloud account/reinstalling/yelling at the top of my lungs seems to fix it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Are you using Beeper on desktop? It's my understanding that they are using Mac Minis somewhere and Apple can't do anything about that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Beeper on Desktop works for me but it’s a long waitlist. But it still works as of this moment. All my chat apps are linked to it, it’s amazing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I used it for a bit. It was nice sending and receiving images from iPhone using friends that didn't look like blown up 50x50 thumbnails of jpeg artifacting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I feel the same way. The tinkerer in me was interested when it was first announced, then saw they wanted me to pay for it and immediately lost interest because I didnt think the app would make it to the second billing cycle. Apple blocked them even sooner than I thought! I wish north americans could move on from sms...