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wefarrell on Dec 23, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beeper Mini is now open-source

If it's the only way to achieve interoperability with a communication protocol, then yes.

Core infrastructure like this should be treated and regulated more like a utility.

jmye on Dec 23, 2023 [–]

Suggesting that iMessage, and not SMS/data connectivity, is “core infrastructure” is bizarre, especially given that no one else in the world uses it or cares about it - essentially proving that it’s not.

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