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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The way you use "PC" as a synonym for "Windows" proves that you are indeed a long term Mac user.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

…and an old fart, hahaha!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least you didn’t call them IBMs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Of course, they are IBM compatibles!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

While the bit about file interoperability may be more windows-specific, there is such a thing as the “PC Ecosystem”. The software has alternatives: dominated by DOS, then Windows, but also available are Linux and the various minor UNIX-likes, but the hardware really is a specific ecosystem based on a specific set of standards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Shhh! Don’t upset them, they don’t know!