Comment on Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app

• Akinzekeel@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Literally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS.

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives.

    With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And that mindset is why iMessage is popular in the US /shrug

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    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      WhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.

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    • sndrtj@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.

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• breakingcups@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  WhatsApp

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• shrugal@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  According to this:

  • WhatsApp
  • FB Messenger
  • Viber
  • Telegram

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use Telegram.
    To be notified by my selfhosted bots

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• sndrtj@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the Netherlands: whatsapp. You can’t avoid whatsapp here. Telegram is used by a smaller fraction, but it got a bit of a bad rep during the pandemic due to primarily attracting anti-vax rioters.

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• Eggyhead@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In Japan and a lot of Asia, most people use LINE. I actually have only one circle of friends on iMessage, and only because we’re all Apple enthusiasts.

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