socalrey

This all smells like a form of tech piracy to me. How can the dev team promise a fix without Apple's legal and technical blessing (which is NEVER going to happen). Do some Apple users enjoy the panache that comes with blue texts, obviously yes (p.s. unless you're a teenager, how juvenile can you be). But I do believe that one of Apple's reasons to develop iMessage began with their authentic desire to give its users security. Is it annoying when a green texter prevents certain features in an otherwise all blue chain, sure. But I am sure as heck not trading in security for that annoyance to go away and I am DEFINITELY not going to trade it in so some Android user can feel cool (again, how old are you?). I rely on blue texts to be assured of secure iMessage communication, and thank you Apple for this visual distinction. If some third party can develop something to essentially lead me into believing something that isn't, I'm going to have very big problem with that. There are people saying that Beeper makes communication with Android users more secure just as Beeper is tweeting that if you get a message from Apple saying a Mac now has access to iMessage "it's because Apple doesn't know how to say that "Beeper" has re-established its connection". So now Apple is sending out false or misleading security messages? Oh joy! Moreover, my friends phone number was stolen from him via someone walking into the at&t store and the thief quickly ported his number onto another phone and started using it to phish and scam. It was a nightmare. What happens if that criminal can subsequently hijack "the secure blue text" via this Beeper app. Nope.

I spent all day trying to get this to work and after deleting my entire Family share account, cancelling Apple One, resubscribing to Apple One on the other account, rebuilding my entire family share set up, and attempting multiple times to migrate, while on with Apple support for about three hours, in the end I was unable to complete the migration with no constructive reasons as to why from support and so I had to completely dismantle everything again and put everything back to the way it was originally. This migration tool may be functional for some, but it’s absolutely not ready for prime time for others and so it’s probably best not to even try using it unless you want to be met with massive amounts of frustration and support staff who have no idea what they’re doing when it comes to how to help you. 

Apple probably knew all along that they would have to acquiesce and give the dev account back. But at least now the EU is held as responsible as Epic since they publicly came to their rescue/defense. Seems a good strategy in keeping Epic accountable. 

So if someone you know in Europe downloads malware that can infect their phone, then it’s safe to assume that (from and within their device) your contact info, the emails you send them, the texts you send them, the photos you send them, the things you say if you’re near them, and your voice and image are all on the table for somehow being captured maliciously. Or am I being overly dramatic here? 

This feels a lot like a business that strikes it rich in California, then relocates to avoid state taxes, refusing to pay for the infrastructure and systems that enabled its success. When something supports your rise, it’s only right to support it in return. Is Apple and the App Store really so different?