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Title: Apple faces antitrust criticism for blocking Beeper Mini: ‘Protecting profits by squashing competitors’ Post by: HCK on December 17, 2023, 04:05:13 pm Apple faces antitrust criticism for blocking Beeper Mini: ‘Protecting profits by squashing competitors’
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/beeper-mini-1.jpg.webp?w=1500)</div><p>Last week, Beeper Mini debuted as a way to <a href="https://9to5google.com/2023/12/05/beeper-mini-imessage-android-app/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bring iMessage to Android[/url] without having to hand over your Apple ID credentials. A <a href="https://9to5google.com/2023/12/08/beeper-mini-stop-working-error/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">few days later[/url], Apple made a change that stopped Beeper Mini from working – and it promised to continue doing so.</p> <p>Apple’s decision has already attracted attention from at least one lawmaker, with US Senator Elizabeth Warren criticizing Apple’s move to shut down Beeper Mini.</p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/apple-imessage-on-android-beeper-mini-pushback/#more-923286" data-post-id="923286" data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="aapl,imessage" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Apple faces antitrust criticism for blocking Beeper Mini: ‘Protecting profits by squashing competitors’ (https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/apple-imessage-on-android-beeper-mini-pushback/) |