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Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join

https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (14 children)

This is a pretty stupid purchase. Beeper was based upon exploiting holes in the iMessage protocol. It was never going last. Why someone would pay for it after they closed the service is a mystery. I'm also not able to see the article due to paywall, so maybe there's some great justification of which I'm unaware.

[–] macgyver@federation.red 2 points 1 year ago

Blue bubbles is what you use now with or without beeper.

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