Using Beeper Mini means stealing iMessage from Apple – and you need to read this

Beeper Mini was the app of the moment last week, the breakthrough cross-platform messaging app that brought secure iMessage support to Android. Beeper found a way to tap into Apple's iMessage system and wanted to have FaceTime working on Android next. I said that Beeper Mini's iMessage trick would continue to work until Apple put a stop to it on Friday, and that happened faster than I thought.

Apple intervening means there's little hope of getting Beeper Mini to support iMessage again. Apple will only continue to block and patch loopholes that Beeper Mini would develop. It's about the security of the app and the users on iMessage, Apple said.

This also made me realize that using Beeper Mini practically means you're stealing iMessage from Apple. I don't know who needs to hear this, but iMessage is not a standard of communication. You're not entitled to have iMessage on your devices unless you pay for it. And you pay for it by buying into Apple's ecosystem, starting with the iPhone. Not by buying a Beeper Mini subscription.

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