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Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac by kalleboo on Saturday September 05, 2020 @12:48PM (#24384943)
Yeah and the iMessage lock-in seems limited to the US. Most of the world is on WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger instead (or local apps like LINE, WeChat, KakaoTalk)
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Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac by mrweasel on Saturday September 05, 2020 @01:31PM (#24385318)
Most here seems to just think that iMessage is just SMS. They don’t think in terms of protocol, iMessage is on the phone, it sends text messages... it’s SMS.

I think it help that SMS had been basically free even before iMessage arrived, so people never care to look into alternatives to save money.

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