Yeah, but iphone users are different as they already have some default app that they could use instead of installing other apps. Wouldn’t they want to use that default app as often as possible if their partners have the same ability from their pov? I mean it’s not about the color as the original comment thinks, but about the stuff that the different color implies. Not the thing that is nice to the eyes, but the actual convenience and price.
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DoomBot5@lemmy.world 11 months agoIPhone users have access to WhatsApp, Signal, and other apps android users use to communicate without sms
rdri@lemmy.world 11 months ago
SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The problem is that, in the US and Canada, android users don’t tend to use those apps en masse. The vast majority use SMS.
Fleddit@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I think at this point the majority of Android users use RCS, which Apple is actually going to implement next year.
SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
That’s good to know. Though I wish people I knew, both apple and android, would switch to Signal instead.
whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It’s not as good as we want it to be. Those using RCS on Android are almost all using Google’s specific implementation, Apple is instead going to be using a more standard implementation. It’s probably going to work better than SMS, but it’s going to be a far cry from everyone just using any modern internet messaging service.