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@pluralistic@mamot.fr I seem to recall one passionate pro-Apple commenter specifically argue that Beeper Mini somehow hacked/trespassed on Apple’s infrastructure/IP, thus the weakened security of iMessage.

They’re not necessarily wrong in the claim that Beeper Mini is a hack. It is, in the sense it subverts the assumption that only Apple devices can use Apple services. It’s also quite ironic:

1. iChat used to support multiple protocols;
2. What Beeper did to Apple, Apple did to Microsoft with iWork.