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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by thejohnconway on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:55AM (#36802368)
25% of the entire population is a pretty popular application! Not “hardly anyone”. Also, I’d like to know the volume of messages shared, I have WhatsApp, but wouldn’t miss it it it disappeared. iMessage disappearing would be very inconvenient.
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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by Reason077 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:07PM (#36802610)
I'm surprised it's even 25% in the UK, and I wonder how that's measured. Maybe the 25% includes things like "opening the iMessage app to read SMS messages sent by two-factor authentication services" etc.
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Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe... by thejohnconway on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:29PM (#36803796)
I’m not surprised, SMSing people is still common, and sliding from that to iMessage is totally frictionless for iPhone users. With iOS market share being around 50%, I’m surprised (skeptical even!) that it’s not closer to 50%.
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