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There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

$2 a month subscription? They want people to pay for this? That’s gonna be a problem for Apple, this is going to get shut down by the end of the week.

Edit: seems I was right 😂 https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/08/beeper-mini-imessage-for-android-shutdown/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs.

That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I get why they want to charge money, that’s obvious. But they are charging money for another companies service - that’s not a good business plan. Especially when that other company is one of the largest in the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

even if it was free apple would probably find a way to break it.