US Senator Questions Why Apple Wants to Block Beeper

The appearance of the Beeper Mini application (photo: Beeper)

JAKARTA - US Senator Elizabeth Warren supports Beeper, an application that allows Android users to send messages to iPhone users via iMessage, when Apple intends to close the application.

As a supporter of antitrust enforcement, in a recent post on X, Warren asked why the technology giant wanted to shut down the Beeper application.

“Green bubble text is less secure. So why is Apple blocking a new app that allows Android users to chat with iPhone users in iMessage?,” wrote Warren, while citing a report by The Verge that noted that Apple had blocked Beeper.

Green bubble texts are less secure. So why would Apple block a new app allowing Android users to chat with iPhone users on iMessage? Big Tech executives are protecting profits by squashing competitors.

Chatting between different platforms should be easy and secure. https://t.co/fHAS5ckaEA

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 10, 2023

Thus, this post shows that Apple's move to block its competitors' applications has now attracted the attention of big tech legislators.

"Chatting between different platforms should be easy and safe," he added in the same post.

Previously, even though it received a positive response from users, Beeper Mini experienced quite serious technical problems. Where users cannot send messages to iPhone users, so the essence of the application is lost.

Seeing the current problem, Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky suspects that Apple is the cause. It turns out, this assumption was correct. From The Verge's report, Apple said that they deliberately blocked it to maintain security and privacy.

“We are taking steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fraudulent credentials to gain access to iMessage,” said Apple Senior PR Manager Nadine Haija.