87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by AustinDev on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:22PM (#33183504)

I remember when Steve Jobs said it would be an open protocol.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by tomjakubowski on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:46PM (#33183927)

You misremember. It was Facetime which Jobs promised Apple would make into an open standard, in 2010. He died the week before Apple released iMessage.

"And we're going to take it all the way. We're going to the standards bodies, starting tomorrow, and we're going to make FaceTime an open industry standard." - Steve Jobs, 2010 WWDC Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOxf9tEXEKQ

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by AustinDev on Thursday October 13, 2022 @04:55PM (#33196360)

Oh dang. You're right. I misremembered it. Thanks for clarifying so I don't keep repeating it, haha.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by pwinnski on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:17PM (#33184381)

That was FaceTime, not iMessage, and FaceTime ran into patent issues which Apple lost in court, repeatedly, and so had to be reengineered in way that made it not work as an open protocol.

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