Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013
by HWR_14 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:57PM
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iMessage in the US took over before WhatsApp or Messenger landed. So it's still going strong based on that (although I wouldn't want to switch to a FB product, so I may be biased.) But SMSs are free and therefore the number of people who use SMS (or RCS, whatever it's followup is), is really high.
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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013
by asiachick on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:36PM
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SMS is not free while traveling abroad. I know most people int he USA don't travel abroad but I do and is one reason I detest SMS. Further it's tied to my phone number, something I'd prefer not to give out.
Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013
by HWR_14 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:03AM
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If you don't like SMS requiring people to know your phone number, wait until you hear how Signal and WhatsApp work.
iMessage also works abroad (in fact, I tend to use iMessage when abroad because it appears to US based iPhone customers identical to domestic texts.)