Beeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation - Android Authority

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Beeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation
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US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple's alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.

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Reverse engineering an API is not illegal

Reverse engineering it is not, sure. And Beeper could do that and run their own messaging service with their own infrastructure running their reverse engineered version.

And that's what they're doing.

That's not what they're doing. They're using Apple's version for free. They're also encouring their users to violate their terms of service agreements with Apple en-masse.