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So there is this app claiming on-device iMessage functionality on Android. Seems cool but only has subscription based pricing. Does anyone know of a way to circumvent this?

Edit: I found this but it seems a bit dodgy

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 18 points 2 years ago

The only person I know who has an iPhone is my fiance and we use Matrix to communicate or Signal as a fallback if I fuck up the Matrix server. So this app is not really for me.

I really wonder how long it will take Apple to just be able to detect and block it.

[-] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

They can't block it, as it's using the standard imessage way. They could change the way iMessage works, but that would break iMessage support on older iOS devices that no longer are supported.

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 7 points 2 years ago

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/08/apple-cuts-off-beeper-minis-access-after-launch-of-service-that-brought-imessage-to-android/ that didn't take as long as I thought.

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 2 years ago

One more reason for people to get a new iPhone 🥳

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

They'll probably find a way of authenticating that a phone number is using an iPhone, or start requiring an extra step when a number tries registering for use on its servers.