Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:17PM
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On the contrary, SMS was insanely popular in Europe before the smartphone revolution and before data plans were cheap just that people didn't want to lock themselves in with Apple's proprietary iMessage otherwise they couldn't talk to others who don't have iphones.
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Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by GeekyBear on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:26PM
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The Europeans tended to lock themselves into Blackberry Messenger for the same reason Americans initially locked themselves into iMessage.
At the time, the alternative was to either pay a per message fee or pay monthly for an unlimited text messaging plan.
Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:32PM
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I never met teens in Europe who wanted to own a BlackBerry. Nokia were the craze then iPhones took over.
Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by GeekyBear on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:37PM
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Did you not know a single teen in the UK during that period?
Unlimited messaging without extra fees was quite a draw.
Re:AirMessage – Android app to interface with iMessage on a Mac
by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @03:47PM
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Unfortunately I didn't know any teens in the UK
Anyway, UK was/is a lot more aligned to the fads in the US than in continental Europe to which I was referring to since the UK is no longer in Europe ;) j.k.