Beeper existed before the iMessage thing as an attempt to unify all your messaging apps into one.

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We both gave each other a gift before it happened but mine did cost significantly more.

My girlfriend of 4 years decided to dump me.

I would check on ifixit

10 doesn’t allow bootloader unlocking so I’d have a hard time recommending that with only 2 years of OS updates. Probably would have bought one otherwise

I use Beeper and it’s actually pretty good

Nowhere in that article does it say they were selling data to Microsoft…

You’re using a Linux phone? Which one