Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution

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Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,

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Step 1) use peer pressure to get teens on platform

Step 2) vendor lock-in to keep them as lifetime customers

Step 3) profit

You need the dumb parents to participate. If parents just said "no, you're getting an android", this wouldn't be a problem. Parents are complicit.

And how does that stop bullying?

Kids are monsters. Nothing you ever do will stop bullying at school. Humans will always find a reason to hurt each other.