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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The Beeper/iMessage thing is breaking into US legislative consciousness because it's a visible effect of anti-competitive behaviour. Mobile browser makers should also make Apple's nonsense visible by changing the names of their apps -- e.g. "Firefox Lite", "Chrome Lite", etc. -- to signify that Apple prevents them from bringing the real thing to iOS.
There's been a lot of cowardice in these teams, but I hope that examples like this can instill a bit of backbone:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006037/apple-beeper-doj-investigation-imessage-letter-android