Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by selectodude on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:07PM
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That isn't true. You can use iMessage without an Apple ID on a phone. It uses your phone number. I promise you of this.
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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by tsimionescu on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:59AM
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Yes, but if you don't have an Apple ID, the iMessage app will use SMS/MMS, not the proprietary encrypted Apple messaging protocol. This can be tested easily: send a message to another Apple user: it will arrive as a green SMS message, not a blue Apple messaging message.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by philliphaydon on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:34AM
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iMessage without an appleid is just SMS…
Promise all you want, but in the US you can’t activate an iPhone without an Apple ID. Yes, you can set iMessage to only send/receive iMessages using your phone number. However, you cannot set it up in the first place without an Apple ID.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by Godel_unicode on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:47PM
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