“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”

Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by gumby on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:34AM (#32408432)

> But if we had an actually-good, cross-platform messaging standard that was implemented in the default, stock messaging app…

For billions of people that default is WhatsApp and installing it is as much a part of setting up your phone as is plugging in a SIM.

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by blitzar on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:32AM (#32408803)

> that default is WhatsApp and installing it is as much a part of setting up your phone as is plugging in a SIM

You missed out the bit where you sign your soul over to Mark Zuckerberg.

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by firstbabylonian on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:10AM (#32410118)

Regular people don’t realise or care, they just want to be where their friends are.

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by hjkl0 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:27PM (#32416432)

Regular people don’t think giving up some privacy is the same as selling your soul…

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by paraselene_ on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:26AM (#32410215)

For billions of people that default is WeChat/WeiXin and installing it is as much a part of setting up their phone as is plugging in a SIM.

I can safely know that any phone made today will have SMS/MMS capability, and nothing about WhatsApp/WeChat/Messenger/Telegram/...etc

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