Re:WhatsApp Beaten by Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Update
by jrwoodruff on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:37AM
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Apple even tried a social network of sorts with Ping in iTunes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Ping
Re:WhatsApp Beaten by Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Update
by dfgdghdf on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:21AM
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Apple scraped that so quickly most never knew it existed. I think this shows a company that knows what it does well and has the discipline to stick to it.
Re:WhatsApp Beaten by Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Update
by dylan604 on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:00PM
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Except they allowed Ping to get released in the first place. If they knew themselves so well, that idea would have been left to die on the vine rather than having X number of employees working on it at whatever expense.
Apple was focused on hardware. Their services play is only recent and my best guess is if they ever considered social, they rightfully saw how toxic it is and decided it wasn't worth the effort/risk of tarnishing their brand. Not that I think they'd have a compelling product. Personally, Apple's web products are average at best. See their stock apps.