Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’::Beeper, like Sunbird and Texts, sought to find a way to bring iMessage to Android users. Its app, Beeper Mini, worked well. But a few days after it launched, Apple took steps to shut it down.
Apple definitely does, they just think their users are stupid enough to not know the difference.
thinkknowYour average Apple (or Android) user is dumber than a bag of rocks when it comes to technology.