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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by tpush on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:09AM (#23414702)
> [...] which I'm pretty sure is fairly common in most Western countries.

It's really not, at least in continental Europe. Here in Germany Android's like 70% of the market and nobody uses iMessage or FaceTime.

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by acqq on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:31AM (#23414830)
Even when it's not majority, I agree with sgt that initially the experience was much, much better than with other apps, especially for the older people in my family.

It degraded a bit, however, with the time. Adding features is not to the benefit of the less young, whereas young tolerate UI getting more complex and less intuitive.

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by sgt on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:15AM (#23414737)
Norway is my primary point of reference in this regard.
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