> Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation.
Why would they? It's not their problem, nor does it seem to be a big deal for their customers because they're not clamoring for a fix.
> In fact they ban those who try. FTA.
They don't, thiugh. The App Store has tons of photo and video sharing services, email, and other messaging services; I'm sure any number of them would let your iPhone-using friends and family easily send you a non-mangled videos. This is a solved, dozens of times over.
iMessage, on the other hand, is a service Apple provides for Apple customers. They get to set the terms under which it's used, and Beeper did not abide by those terms.
Why would they? It's not their problem, nor does it seem to be a big deal for their customers because they're not clamoring for a fix.
> In fact they ban those who try. FTA.
They don't, thiugh. The App Store has tons of photo and video sharing services, email, and other messaging services; I'm sure any number of them would let your iPhone-using friends and family easily send you a non-mangled videos. This is a solved, dozens of times over.
iMessage, on the other hand, is a service Apple provides for Apple customers. They get to set the terms under which it's used, and Beeper did not abide by those terms.