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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by asiachick on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:36PM (#26976489)
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.
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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by HWR_14 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:03AM (#26977315)
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.)

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