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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by paulie_a on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:25PM (#23412032)
Why would anyone want to buy an iPhone because of iMessage. It doesn't do anything special
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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by kalleboo on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:55PM (#23412228)
Network effects. All your friends are using iMessage.

This is mostly a US phenomenon because in other countries people had already adopted other messaging apps due to higher text messaging costs and for free international voice/video calls

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by the_snooze on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:47PM (#23412181)
The features aren’t special by themselves. It’s the features combined with the fact it’s the default SMS/chat client on a huge portion of the smartphones market.

It’s a social product. You can’t discount its social appeal.

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