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Beeper Mini, days after launch, seems to be broken with iMessage not sending or receiving (9to5google.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

~~people~~ Some/many iPhone users in the US in general treat the blue message bubbles as a status symbol.

Ftfy.

Plus, the iMessage approach is the right answer. A single messaging app that will use a modern network-based comm channel with anyone who has the capability, with a fallback to SMS/MMS for those who don't.

Which Signal was doing until this year, unfortunately.