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Since Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, the OnePlus Open is TechCrunch’s Editor at Large Darrell Etherington’s new favorite phone. Read about Beeper here:

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  1. @tetelestaijohn1930

    December 8, 2023 at 2:45 pm

    The wait-list is long. ????

    • @ZoidVERSE

      December 9, 2023 at 6:03 am

      he’s talking about beeper mini, not beeper

  2. @nizambao4653

    December 8, 2023 at 3:01 pm

    This is some BS y’all.

    • @ZoidVERSE

      December 9, 2023 at 6:04 am

      no it isn’t ????. it did stop working but it could not have been apple and beeper is working on a fix and will fix it

    • @ZoidVERSE

      December 9, 2023 at 6:04 am

      no it isn’t ????. it did stop working but beeper is working on a fix

    • @user-tc7gz6jj2t

      December 11, 2023 at 10:50 am

      Apple is very anti-competitive. They will always say it’s a “security issue” .

  3. @wornyworld

    December 8, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    Beeper will just make apple HTFU and get RCS done

  4. @Horvath0819

    December 8, 2023 at 3:57 pm

    Doesn’t work anymore lol

    • @jonathanb3886

      December 8, 2023 at 5:30 pm

      Exactly Hella frustrating

  5. @ESN247

    December 8, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    Apple has already shut it down somehow according to TC and Beeper Mini’s CEO

    • @Wooperplus

      December 8, 2023 at 7:05 pm

      I hope this highlights how Apple’s trying its best to monopolize messaging. No one is asking for all this extra iMessage features. People just want a reliable way to text and send pictures regardless of what app or service they use like email.

    • @ESN247

      December 8, 2023 at 10:05 pm

      I do wish most Americans would adopt WhatsApp, Signal or hopefully, Apple won’t severally handicap RCS in 2024

    • @selw0nk

      December 9, 2023 at 5:34 am

      Beeper are working on a fix now.

    • @tommydiquasi1424

      December 11, 2023 at 2:06 am

      @@Wooperplus no, what it does is highlight a company that is trying to circumvent another company’s proprietary service to “fool” it. Blue vs green was never Apple’s problem or creation; Android and Apple users made that issue up all on their own. So no, Apple didn’t monopolize anything. They came up with a way to make their messaging better on their devices within its ecosystem for users of Apple phones. It’s not Apple’s fault that Android took its time developing RCS to make its texting better, and now, it’s somehow all Apple’s fault that messaging quality isn’t good between them, and people are whining because they don’t have “blue bubbles.” And before you come back with the “oh you’re an Apple fanboy” mess, I use both Android AND Apple (Galaxy Note 10, Tab S7, iPhone 15 PM, and 12 Mini) so I’m very well aware of and subjective to both sides.

    • @user-tc7gz6jj2t

      December 11, 2023 at 10:49 am

      @@ESN247 the quality is still heavily compressed on Whatsapp. Why do we need a 3rd party app to send messages and they quality is still bad? It shouldn’t be this hard.

      And Apple will find a way to somehow mess up the quality.

  6. @awarepenguin3376

    December 8, 2023 at 7:43 pm

    Already patched!

  7. @mpguru66

    December 8, 2023 at 9:43 pm

    Pay $2 / mo so I don’t get shunned by apple sheeple who’d rather pay $$$ bc of marketing than buy a great android phone for less $? Naa

  8. @cliftonbean

    December 8, 2023 at 10:24 pm

    I was using it, now iPhone text won’t come through when people text me????

  9. @MonaNoName

    December 9, 2023 at 8:33 am

    Apple blocked it. If Apple users can’t see how F’d up this is. Something is seriously wrong with yall.

  10. @user-tc7gz6jj2t

    December 11, 2023 at 10:46 am

    Apple is anti-competitive. There is no reason why video’s and photos to be super compressed. It is terrible! It is no longer working anymore. Apple and other users – use “security ” as an excuse. I hope the EU steps in.

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