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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by Nextgrid on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:20AM (#23413194)
Maybe the marketing and “coolness” is what initially attracts them but once they try it they stay because of the user experience.

I had a non-technical friend with an Android phone (full of malware btw). She didn’t care about Apple, never used any of their products nor need it for the “social status” or anything (her friends are all on WhatsApp so no issues with iMessage). I gave her an old iPhone 7 to try out, a couple weeks later she would never consider going back to Android ever.

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by VMisTheWay on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:42AM (#23418108)
I had an iPhone for work and it basically solidified the fact that Apple products are low quality.

I didn't see any benefits at all. Only annoyances.

I don't actually believe your story the way you told it. Was her Android a 50 dollar piece of Chinese junk or Samsung? Only way I could believe it.

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by Nextgrid on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:07PM (#23419810)
It was a mid-range Samsung probably a year old. The problem wasn’t really the hardware but the fact that it was full of malware and crap apps, which is what you’d expect with a non-technical user. iOS mostly avoids that problem thanks to sandboxing.
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