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A comment on Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by dpkonofa on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:36PM (#22057641)
>Signal for iOS cannot send or receive ordinary SMS messages.

That's not an iOS limitation, though. I can send and receive SMS messages through Google Voice on iOS without any issue.

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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by thekyle on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:03PM (#22066418)
Google Voice doesn't use the SIM card in the phone to send SMS so it can bypass any of Apples API restrictions.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by dpkonofa on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:57PM (#22070797)
How does that matter? Signal doesn't have to use the SIM card either.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by thekyle on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:29PM (#22135152)
Because most people probably want to use their existing phone number which is tied to their SIM card.
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Re:Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it by dpkonofa on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:02PM (#22060666)
I don't really understand why I got downvoted for a 100% accurate and truthful statement.
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