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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by joshstrange on Thursday November 01, 2018 @05:41PM (#18358743)
iMessage is the greatest long con that isn't a con of all time. You don't know how great it is until you talk to someone that isn't on iMessage or you lose access to it. It just slowly sneaks into your life until you think it just IS text messaging. Never bought into iMessage "apps" or sticker packs but I love things like typing indicators/read receipts/etc.
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by tinus_hn on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:16PM (#18359342)
I don’t understand the group features at all though. Do people really have groups of friends in which noone has an Android phone?
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by joshstrange on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:22PM (#18359384)
In smaller or very similar groups yes. I have a group iMessage with 11 friends in it but even so for group messages I normally use FB messenger, a surprising good product, so android/ios is equal.
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by ryanwaggoner on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:56PM (#18359573)
Out of 40-50 family and friends that I text regularly, maybe 3 are on Android.
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by hunta2097 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:29PM (#18359776)
Certainly in Europe WhatsApp fills that gap. There isn't much point solely using iMessage when at least 50% of your friends have Android phones.

The web version is fast and functional too.

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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by graeme on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:36PM (#18359813)
Does the web version keep login credentials well? I tried the desktop app, but it was taking an insane amount of storage for some reason.
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by hunta2097 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:39PM (#18359831)
You login with a QR code from your phone.

I don't think WhatsApp even has accounts - just phone numbers.

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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by graeme on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:48PM (#18359866)
Oh I know. I meant whether the login stays persistent or whether you have to scan repeatedly on the web version. On the desktop app you can once and it lasts months.
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Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results by cromwellian on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:36PM (#18359086)
I have an iPhone and almost never use it. I use FB messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, and Discord for 99% of my contacts.
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