Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by rootusrootus on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:59PM
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So you're saying that if I install WhatsApp on my phone, I can text anyone I want, if I have their phone number? Doesn't matter if they have WhatsApp installed? I just say "send this to 5551212" and it gets there?
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by standardUser on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:02PM
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They need to install the app, which is free. What they don't need to do is buy an iPhone, which is not free.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by rootusrootus on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:31PM
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Android phones are free? I have to buy the phone no matter what, so I don't see that as a differentiator.
I don't want multiple ecosystems that don't interoperate at all. I don't want to give my private conversations over to an ad company like Facebook. I like iMessage because it adds features without taking. I don't worry about what app I need to use depending on who I want to talk to, I just send them a message and move on with my life.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by gkbrk on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:40PM
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You can run Android apps on almost any non-Apple brand of phones, Windows PCs, Linux, Mac OS and Chromebooks.
You can run iMessage on Apple devices, nowhere else.
Surely you see the difference.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by rootusrootus on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:56PM
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> Surely you see the difference.
I know what argument you're trying to make, but I think it is disingenuous to pretend that WhatsApp is free while iMessage is not. As a practical matter neither is free, and both are free.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by standardUser on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:17PM
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iMessage is not free insofar as one much purchase an iPhone to use it.