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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)
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[+] -39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You sure it's about that? What I heard is that being outside of "trusted" zone means less features such as media and encryption. Also the person in this article says apple users are basically forced to use sms to send messages to Android users. I too would not want to resort to plain paid messages if my partner doesn't have the right app.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    IPhone users have access to WhatsApp, Signal, and other apps android users use to communicate without sms

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The problem is that, in the US and Canada, android users don’t tend to use those apps en masse. The vast majority use SMS.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think at this point the majority of Android users use RCS, which Apple is actually going to implement next year.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's good to know. Though I wish people I knew, both apple and android, would switch to Signal instead.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's not as good as we want it to be. Those using RCS on Android are almost all using Google's specific implementation, Apple is instead going to be using a more standard implementation. It's probably going to work better than SMS, but it's going to be a far cry from everyone just using any modern internet messaging service.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, but iphone users are different as they already have some default app that they could use instead of installing other apps. Wouldn't they want to use that default app as often as possible if their partners have the same ability from their pov? I mean it's not about the color as the original comment thinks, but about the stuff that the different color implies. Not the thing that is nice to the eyes, but the actual convenience and price.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago*

    I worked in the cellular space for about 20 years off and on before moving to other pastures. I guarantee you that maybe one in a thousand think like you.

    BY FAR the average buyer that Apple targets come in two flavors.

    First, the "I'm cool and all my friends are doing it" and second is the "I'm the father, I don't personally give a shit but my daughter/son wants us all to be on iMessage."

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