> What does iMessage do to get to all cell phone users?
SMS fallback. iMessage is the default SMS app. You send a message to a phone number. That’s it, you’re already using it. If they have an iPhone too you get extra features.
From an onboarding and UX perspective it’s genius/obvious.
Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In
by erichocean on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:08PM
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> What does iMessage do to get to all cell phone users?
It falls back to using SMS if you don't have iMessage.
Re:US Gen Z and the iMessage Lock-In
by Scoundreller on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:06PM
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I trust Apple for security a lot more than I trust my local telecom.
The _only_ universal _carrier_ solution for messaging is SMS. What does iMessage do to get to all cell phone users? That is the only thing that matters here. full stop.
I have many relatives that wanted me to "install" Whatsapp. I refuse. So whatsapp is the failure here? Or is it me because I refuse?
What is garbage is OOT.
Google is not the failure. Hell, the problem is right in the title of the OP: "Lock-in". At least google is trying to get SMS into the 90's.
You know what, I'm drunk and tired here... it's really just ignorant users that don't understand why everyone just doesn't use iMessage (apple proprietary) vs not understanding how open standard protocols and file formats work (email). We'll each be fighting this war till the day we die. It's in our nature.