[user_7832]

> Not commenting about the ethics of all this, just wondering why technically Apple can only block ~5% of Beeper Mini users instead of all of them? Could this potentially be tied to the use of an email id as the iMessage handle?

I wonder if it might also have anything to do with govt action. I believe a US elected rep recently tweeted in favour of Beeper. Apple cares much more about PR than they'll admit, and server costs for them are negligible.

[nozzlegear]

The rep was Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was once pretty popular during the Obama years when she helped create the CFPB. She sadly doesn’t hold much sway (e: in the senate) anymore.