Re:Apple and Facebook
by parthdesai on Monday June 29, 2020 @09:00PM
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I call bullshit on more people using iMessage than any of facebook related services. In this case, I feel like you've a very North American point of view. Majority people who have a smart phone has one of fb/whatsapp/instagram accounts, while iPhones don't even make up for the majority of market share when it comes to smartphone.
Huh, that's interesting. I'm a Brit with a Chinese wife and spend a lot of time over there as well, so I'd hardly call my views America centric. There are a dozen countries I've spent more time in than the USA. It is possible I have a geographic bias, Facebook is barely a thing in China.
Re:Apple and Facebook
by parthdesai on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:44AM
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But China is an exception. This link says Whatsapp has 1.5 billion active users!
A billion people might use Facebook, but 1.3 billion use iMessage. I think this is a significant risk for services that don’t respect user privacy.