I actually try my best to avoid being part of that ecosystem, partially due to the incompatibilities and also partially due to the hostility that Apple users tend to have in that system torwards outsiders.
I’m the same way with my credentials lol
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daqqad@lemmy.world 11 months agoI think very few Android users are actively part of Apple ecosystem. These are just blank accounts they create to show up in a different color on ios messages. I can give you my apple password. I created it when I was briefly issued a Mac at work 10 years ago and never used it since.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
daqqad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t experience that hostility tbh. Maybe because I’m not a teenager? People I know are split about 50/50.
I’m also in hcol area in USA so iphone isn’t really a status symbol. Everyone can afford an iPhone, they just treat phones as tools so they get whatever works best for them.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I agree with the teenager thing, my sister is in highschool and she thinks apple is the world cause she’s concidered uncool in her group.
Me being 10 years older I thankfully missed that “life revolves around the brand” train but, it’s still relevant during family gathering because they don’t wanna use my s20+'s camera for pictures preferring to use an iPhone then struggle to share images with everyone
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 11 months ago
As for photo sharing - this is just wild. A girl on the train took pictures of me and when I tried to get them sent to me, it turned out iPhones can’t do a thing as basic as sending a file by Bluetooth to an Android! It’s so weird that we had to wait until we get to an area with cell reception and do so by a messenger… despite being right next to each other!
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 11 months ago
I am in one of the richer cities in my country, and in my uni class iPhones are a noticeable minority, like what, 15-20%? But I’ve never seen them use iMessage, they’re on Telegram and Whatsapp like everyone else.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My guess is this feature isn’t targeting Android users. It’s targeting iOS users in the US that are due for a phone upgrade.
“Blue bubbles” is one of the reasons people stick with the platform in the states. And saying your Android phone supports that could allow you to tap into a much larger market in the US. Apple controls more than half of the smartphone market in the states.
daqqad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d love to find out which group they actually tried to target, but if you’re right - I completely agree. No way I’m handing credentials to my Google account over. That’s why normal companies have APIs.
RCS might not be perfect, but at least it’s open.
I really hope EU will continue the trend of forcing Apple to become less of a piece of shit company.
decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yes but these blank accounts will cease to be blank after these users start having conversations which use the middleman. And the middleman will have access to them…