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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't encountered any adults who actually care about that in one-on-one conversations. I have however been excluded from group chats because mixing iMessage and SMS users resulted in a degraded experience. The iPhone users were, of course unwilling to consider installing any other chat app.

I find the last bit pretty annoying. It takes about 45 seconds to download Signal and confirm your number.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just had that conversation with a group of adults who all had iPhones and were unwilling to add non-iPhone people to a group or change messaging apps.

The reasons given were:

  • My iPhone is too old, I can't install another messaging app.
  • I'm not going to install another app where I have to remember another password.
  • Messages don't go through when we add a non-iPhone user to the group.

The conclusion by the group was "just buy an iPhone!"

And that's a group of adults. I can't imagine the bullying and peer pressure teenagers have to face over something as idiotic as messaging apps.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, I have six messaging apps on my phone (which is neither new nor high-end) and would be willing to install most others (not Facebook chat or Instagram) if it made communication easier for someone.