Apple

Nobody saw that coming…

What does this have to do with iMessage?

I just don’t get the fascination from android users wanting iMessage. Use whatsapp or signal etc to get through to your apple friends or sms failing that. If you really want that blue bubble just save up for an iPhone.

Guess the CEO got the hint after a bunch of tech tubers pointed out that it’s a security nightmare (login into a remote Mac Mini that now owns the keys to your Apple Account). Could also be that the unexpected RCS move made it redundant so they got the security concerns and used it as an excuse.

we all knew it wasn't staying for long

*User privacy and security

I forgot that part in the title and idk how to edit it😬

And nothing just lost all brand respect from me.

All of that for nothing lmao.

This is just embarrassing.

Nothing just did this to look like they were responsible for Apple changing their stance on RCS. They moved according to the deadline the Digital Markets Act imposed.

End of the day be it bad or good publicity they got what they wanted.

That was a hard headline to read without context of what “Nothing” is.

Quicker than I expected

I’m sorry but…LMAO! 😂

Goes to show, say what you will about Apple keeping a lock on iMessage. However at lease iMessage hasn’t been blatantly exposed to the internet by careless actions from Apple.

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iCloud/AppleId has never been “hacked”. Only users with shitty passwords that someone guessed.

I like nothing a lot. But it seems that their desire to get publicity from this and prove a point really created a mess.

Suggest that they wait until Apple supports the encrypted rcs standard.

Thread title sounds like gibberish.

Profoundly is right. it's not that it had weak encryption or some niche exploit. It sent all your data, every last bit of it over unencrypted http. Plain text data transfer. It's nuts.

All signs point to Sunbird being actual malware at this point- and, I mean, their motivations were a coin toss from the beginning. I can’t imagine hitching your company’s reputation (not to mention customer security) to something so blatantly sketchy. Not surprised at all by this news.

The lack of due diligence on Nothing's part here is ridiculous and I don't know how any users can trust Nothing with their data again after this. I guess the privacy and security nightmare pre-empted the need for Apple to take any action, which is a win on Apple's part.

THANKS MARQUES!!

/s

Essentially what happened here is there was no actual product. They had inside info that Apple was making this move and figured they would get some free PR from it. And idiot Youtubers were dumb enough to give it to them.

Not to mention the way they wanted to accomplish this killed privacy. Insanely invasive. Nobody should trust Nothing after this, if somehow you still did. And stop listening to any Youtubers who happily carried their water this week.

Is Beeper just as bad? If so why isn't it getting slammed like Nothing has? Beeper app has been around a lot longer...

Jesus did that even last a day?

"Nothing" to see here! Move along!

They got the PR they wanted.

Shady company abuses analytics SDK to log user messages?

shocked pikachu face

Nothing’s wrong here.

LOL

I mean…No shit. How did they not notice ahead of time?

Already? But it's nice that they acted quick and pulled the plug on a bad product. Letting it drag would have made the situation worse.

”Just one more (no)thing…”

Much ado about Nothing…

lol That lasted all of a week!

At this point it was either Apple announcing RCS support that made this redundant or a sternly worded cease and desist from Apple’s army of lawyers that ended it.

Most teenagers here in California use Snapchat..

Down the drain

Just write in paper Jesus

Who the heck are Nothing and Sunbird?…

ESL learners will have a hard time with this one