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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by checkyoursudo on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:22AM (#33502306)
I don't see more people being loyal to WhatsApp than they are to their iPhones.

Also, having lived in 2 different countries in EU, I have never used WhatsApp. Only iMessage, Signal, and SMS.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by mrtksn on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:54AM (#33502573)
People are loyal to theır friends, not the apps. If the people you want to talk to are not all on iMessage they you don't use iMessage.

If in EU you manage not to use something else than iMessage the you are in a bubble because most people in EU use Android. You somehow managed to have an iPhone bubble but your situation is not the rule but the exception.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by xcambar on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:59AM (#33502625)
Another data point from Europe: messaging apps are scattered by demographics, not location.

By decreasing age:

SMS Whatsapp Signal ? (I'm old enough I don't know what younglings use these days)

iMessage has a more tribal spread due to its platform specifics.

Note: I have zero data to back it up, so please correct me if you have data.

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by anikom15 on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:51AM (#33508392)
Rationally, it doesn’t make sense to buy a new phone for a free app.
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