Android users’ joy with blue balloons on their phones was short-lived. Apple blocked Beeper Mini from accessing iMessage the application therefore no longer works on phones with the Google operating system.
The war for the blue balloons continues and Apple remains steadfast in its intention for this feature to remain exclusive to iPhone users. The last step was blocking Beeper Mini, an app that allowed Android users to make their phone appear to iPhone users as if they had iMessage, that is to say with blue balloons in their messages. The joy of non-iPhone users searching for the blue balloons in their messaging app was short-lived, and the war still continues, with Apple victorious in this latest battle.
At Apple, we build our products and services with industry-leading privacy and security technologies designed to give users control of their data and keep their personal information secure. We are taking steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit false credentials to access iMessage. These techniques posed significant risks to user security and privacy, including the potential for metadata exposure and the possibility of unwanted messages, spam, and phishing attacks. We will continue to make updates in the future to protect our users.
In Cupertino, they continue to use the security of their messaging system as an excuse to prevent other applications and other operating systems from having access to iMessage, and despite the fact that Beeper ensures that system privacy and security are not threatened Due to the usage of your app, it is currently not possible to use it on Android.
We stand behind what we have built. Beeper Mini keeps your messages private and increases security compared to unencrypted SMS. For anyone who claims otherwise, we will happily hand over our entire source code to mutually agreed upon third parties to evaluate the security of our application.
What may seem like an absurd war here is in the United States a battle to get the coveted blue balloons on Android phones. For the moment, Apple remains victorious, but We’ll have to wait and see how the courts resolve, because Google itself wants to force Apple and has taken the matter to regulatory bodies who will have the final say. At the moment, it appears that they are not ruling in favor of Google, although no firm decision has yet been made public.
