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sdw2001 said:

Here I was thinking that it would result in legal action.  Instead, they just flipped the switch and said “how about DEM apples?”  🤣🤣🤣

sflocal said:

Why would any company think it's okay to hijack proprietary technology from another company, let alone Apple?  I get why people want to do this, but if they think it's going to be a viable business model, think again.

I would never want to hire this CEO.  It's obvious he has s**t for brains.

22july2013 said:

Some people want free services from Apple. Beeper, Epic, EU, etc. One possible solution is for Apple to start charging for its free services.

sdw2001 said:

jimh2 said:

This will be shut down as the software is trespassing on Apple servers. No different than using (stealing) electricity from the neighbor without permission. Masquerading as blue is fraudulent on some level as blue tells users who they are messaging.

You cannot use someone else’s assets without their permission and there are no exceptions to this. 

I haven’t considered that. I was more focused on the fact that I think it’s going to get shut down because they are mimicking Apple’s iMessage service, which is a proprietary technology.  The interface, the blue bubble, the entire way it works, it’s all legally protected.  They openly admit that it’s reverse engineered. Did Apple even have this kind of evidence against Samsung? Unless this makes Apple a ton of cash, I think they have no choice but to file a nuclear-level lawsuit.  A company just openly copied their product so it would work on a competing platform.  That isn’t going to fly.

darkvader said:

Anilu_777 said:

So - a random third party is able to access Apple servers? You better believe Apple will find a way to block it. That’s a security problem. 

Meh.  If Android users are stupid enough to give some rando their Apple ID password, they get what they deserve.