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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by fidor on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:08AM (#33505929)
One of the reasons, at least here in the UK, is that for a long time you only got so many SMS messages in your phone contract. MMS was also awful for a long time. WhatsApp solved both those problems, and most importantly was on every device possible.
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by thirdsun on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:01AM (#33506656)
And it was easy to set up. No need for accounts and email addresses. The fact that your phone number served as id and login meant that even my tech-illiterate mother was able to use it.
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