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Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner (www.bloomberg.com)

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Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join

https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks!

“There’s basically no open standard for chat, and our vision is to create that by connecting to legacy chat networks,” Migicovsky said in an interview.

Why you'd pay so much for a company that doesn't have massively proven tech is beyond me.