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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by jvagner on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:32AM (#21361910)
I have an iPhone, iPad and MacBook. I use a lot of Messages (iMessage) tied to Apple IDs. Maybe one Android contact.

Sometimes I use Hangouts and Slack. Very little crossover among people on those. I don’t use WhatsApp or Telegram, but I can’t imagine those who are committed to Android don’t care about phone based messaging. Or they care a lot about other kinds of messaging and not about SMS and what else it will evolve into.

An iPhone using friend got a Windows laptop and couldn’t believe he couldn’t get his iOS messages on it.

On this front, I’m totally happy with the state of iOS Messages.

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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by panpanna on Saturday October 26, 2019 @04:09AM (#21362434)
But that is more on Apple for not supporting iMessage on PC?
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Re:Android’s messaging mess is about to get even worse? by jvagner on Saturday October 26, 2019 @11:30AM (#21364234)
That is, for sure. But if you can nick Apple for that decision, I think what Google can be nicked for is much bigger, and it’s not a decision on their part, but something more akin to a thing they can’t accomplish.
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