If you've been on any Android-focused site — or really, any technology website — in the past few weeks, you've heard of Beeper. Despite its iMessage app having only arrived in the early days of December, Beeper has gone on an absolute journey this month, fighting a war of attrition with Apple that it was, seemingly, always destined to lose. Despite its best efforts, Beeper's iMessage service has spent far more time either restricted or entirely offline than operating as expected.


