Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

  • LilPappyWigwam@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Oh I see. Didn’t realize you’d already deleted it. Anyway, best of luck; I think you bring up valid complaints but idk why the vitriol. This crowd is much less annoying than what’s found in some similar forums. Don’t let the downvotes bother you too much.

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      2 years ago

      It’s not so much me being upset at fake internet points than it is at me being upset that I’ve been seeing how this place has changed since I joined, and it’s super easy for a place like this to become an echo chamber, especially when people are just asking questions. Genuine discussion is drowned out by people treating the vote system like Facebook likes

      I wanted out of reddit long before the fiasco, and whenni got here it was way different than it’s starting to become

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        2 years ago

        Very much with you on that stance. However, this “bubble battle” is very much an echo chamber scenario, regardless where it’s discussed.

        Heck, let me just ask you directly: why does Apple maintain such a divisive stance on the subject?

        I haven’t gotten much (on several forums) regarding that question, more than “they choose too”.