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JoeCoT@kbin.social 6 months agoBecause their practices are anti-competitive. School kids are getting bullied for using Android phones because they're "green texters" in iMessage. But most importantly iMessage's connection with SMS causes all interaction to be very low quality images and videos. And when people complain to Tim Apple about the experience, his only response is "Get your grandma an iPhone". Our only saving grace is that the EU is requiring Apple to support RCS, which should solve these issues, except they'll probably find some new way to be anti-competitive about it.
School kids are getting bullied for using Android phones
That’s a people problem, not a market-share problem. From experience, kids will always find something to bully others about — if it’s not the colour of the bubbles, it’s something else: the brand of shoes they wear, the suburb they live in, the sport they play (or don’t play). Bullies will do what they do.
Kids don’t use imessage, they’re on fucking discord
Dippy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How is creating a proprietary service anti competitive? There are many other methods of messaging and Apple is not stoping anyone from using them.
Kids being bullied in school has nothing to do with being anti competitive.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
You can’t change your default messenger on iOS, so they’re not making it easy to stop using iMessage completely.
Dippy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can turn off iMessage in settings and disable the phone number from messages. Then use whatever messaging service you want with the phone number.
Still not sure how it’s anti competitive to not allow others to use your own proprietary software when there are alternatives available, and they are not being restricted.
GrayBoltWolf@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There’s a toggle to turn off iMessage, and the phone asks you when you set it up if you want to use iMessage or not.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
But will you still receive SMS messages in the iMessage app? AFAIK, there’s no way to move SMS to another app, like Whatsapp, and delete iMessage from the phone completely.