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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by pwthornton on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:16PM (#26973650)
I don't know. Android is not exactly a place with a lot of paid software. No way Apple would make it free for Android and ad supported. Maybe they could have come up with some kind of iCloud Android bundle, and maybe it would have done well, but I am not convinced there is a massive market for a paid consumer messaging service.
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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by RandallBrown on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:28PM (#26973770)
I think making iMessage free on Android and then using it as a tool to migrate people from Android to iPhone would more than pay for itself.
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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by bsaul on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:52PM (#26974058)
i think making it free for android would have certainly made it easier for people to try android for their next device, and thus the net balance isn't really clear..
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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by cglong on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @04:24PM (#26973724)
OP doesn't sound like they were arguing that iMessage should be a paid service, just that Apple could've captured most of the market.
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