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Re:Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is a failure by orev on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:34PM (#30004690)
If you want to avoid using SMS in iMessage, you can just turn it off in the settings. Very easy for anyone who wants to avoid it.
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Re:Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is a failure by colinmhayes on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:44AM (#30005195)
Then you can't talk to non-iPhone users?
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Re:Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is a failure by justsomehnguy on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:37AM (#30005921)
And this is clearly shows how Americans percieve the thing.

You can't send iMessage to non-iPhone user then.

You still can send SMS/MMS to non-iPhone user.

But because Apple intentionally bundled SMS/MMS messenger app into iMessage you are thinking iMessage == SMS/MMS.

To give you an idea why are conflating them - you don't actually need a phone number for iMessage/FaceTime. Because the primary ID for it is your Apple ID, not your phone number.

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