Apple and Android users deserve better universal chat than Beeper mini

CAT December 12, 2023 1 min read

The iMessage cat-and-mouse game Apple, Beeper Mini and others in the Android ecosystem are playing makes for exciting headlines but a miserable user experience for everybody — and we all deserve better.

Privacy. That’s iPhone.

First, let’s acknowledge that cross-platform messaging is a bloody mess. But neither Apple nor Beeper are making things easier for the rest of us at the moment.

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