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Todays show:
Beeper&#39;s Eric Migicovsky joins Jason to discuss Beeper&#39;s mission of providing a universal chat app (1:32), Apple blocking Beeper Mini after just 3 days (13:35), fighting back against Apple as a startup founder (18:31), and much more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Beeper’s Eric Migicovsky joins Jason
(1:32) Beeper and its mission of providing a universal chat app
(6:30) How Apple locks people into iMessage and makes it hard to switch from iPhone
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(13:35) Beeper Mini&#39;s release and Apple blocking Beeper Mini after just 3 days
(18:31) Fighting back against Apple as a startup founder
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(22:18) The fight against Apple and thoughts on the outcome
(28:01) Prior experience dealing with platform restrictions at Pebble and the differences in timelines between startups and government regulation
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(36:17) Apple&#39;s response to recent court rulings requiring App Store changes
(38:54) Speculation on whether Apple&#39;s AR glasses will succeed
(41:35) Eric&#39;s vision for the future with open protocols for messaging and Beeper&#39;s business model

 

Mentioned on the show:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995150/beeper-imessage-android-apple-statement
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-2-time-2-and-core-an-entirely-new-3g-ultra
https://37signals.com/podcast/this-again-apple/
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Follow Eric:
X: https://twitter.com/ericmigi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmigi/
Check out: https://www.beeper.com/mini
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Follow Jason:
X: ⁠https://twitter.com/ja

Beeper's fight to break Apple's stronghold on messaging with Eric Migicovsky | E1892

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