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Re:Google gives up on Google Allo by bastawhiz on Friday April 20, 2018 @10:42AM (#16885139)
The thing, in my opinion, that killed Allo, was not getting SMS right. I have to use Hangouts for SMS. Why on earth would I use Allo? If I can't have one unified inbox, I don't want the app.
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Re:Google gives up on Google Allo by ocdtrekkie on Friday April 20, 2018 @10:49AM (#16885200)
Getting unified messaging "right" is very hard. I don't know if Apple has really solved it either. I recall people having weird problems if they switched away from iPhones because Apple would still try and prefer their own proprietary protocol over SMS. There's like a web portal now to remove yourself from iMessage, right?
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Re:Google gives up on Google Allo by bastawhiz on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:13AM (#16903096)
I wouldn't be as salty if Hangouts didn't work fine. Hangouts almost totally seamlessly deals with chats and SMS. Allo makes a complete mess of it.
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