The owner of WordPress has bought Beeper, the app that flipped the bird to Apple’s iMessage supremacy

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By Will ShanklinApr 9, 2024, 1:00 pm182 pts
WordPress and Tumblr owner Automattic has bought Beeper, the maker of the Beeper Mini app that challenged Apple’s iMessage dominion late last year. Although it ultimately lost that battle (after, oh, about three days), the incident gave the DOJ more ammunition in its antitrust suit against the iPhone maker.…

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