[aalimov_]

> The Beeper folks have shown this of course can be done (even if Apple doesn't like it and blocks them).

They hacked together a solution that “quite easily” exposed your private comms to them..

> It's quite telling that Apple still wants to maintain iMessage as iOS-only.

Also iMessage also works on macs and ipads, Apple Watches, and maybe Vision Pro (haven’t looked)

> And if Apple doesn't work with Google to implement the E2EE extension (assuming Google is reasonable about it), that tells us all we need to know

Apple is implementing the Universal profile. Instead of forcing companies to rely on google, GSMA can improve that profile.

[Wowfunhappy]

> They hacked together a solution that “quite easily” exposed your private comms to them..

Beeper Cloud did (does?), but Beeper Mini did not! It was all on device, nothing was relayed through Beeper's servers.