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Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

So? Why is that Apple’s problem to fix? Whining about this is the same as whining to your neighbors because their kids have nicer sneakers than your kids do- and then expecting them to fix the problem.

If you want to have the features of an iPhone- GET AN IPHONE.

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elint@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
SMS isold and shitty, but its supported on every phone model. Apple stacked iMessage on top of it for rich media when both endpoints support iMessage. android and others stacked RCS on top of SMS for the same rich media purposes. When incompatible devices communicate (iOS<->non-iOS), they fall back to crappy SMS. You’re saying you like the separate-system status quo and if you want to communicate with one group or the other (iOS or non-iOS), switch devices. We’re saying why can’t we all just have one rich-media format that works for everybody?" I don’t care if Apple switches to RCS or opens up full-featured iMessage to everybody. I just want to be able to talk to all my friends without us having to buy the same hardware. Are you just being intentionally obtuse?

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tja@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Or just don’t use iMessage for texting. Every other messaging app has these features and is free and usable on every smartphone

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jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have an iPhone, and the primary reason why is because 90% of my friends and family will not adopt another app for messaging. Why should they when literally everyone else they communicate with can take iMessages?

And that is really Apples “fault”. Not really, though, because it’s not an accident that they have an amazing messaging platform that is the system default and just so happens to be proprietary. And as such they have no incentive to fix it, because it will only lead to people like me leaving iPhone.

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- Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah. I’m done arguing with these clowns. They think they’re entitled to something without having to pay for it. Apples messaging platform is superior.
  
  End of story.
  
  And why should they take a proprietary product and make it accessible to other platforms because a bunch of kids decided to create some bullshit ‘*Lord of the Flies-*like idolatry about it. I swear- they think Android is so superior to apple, and then cry about how Apple won’t they them have iMessage? ROFL!
  
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