US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple’s alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.

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    1 year ago

    Reverse engineering an API is not illegal

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      1 year ago

      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.

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          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.