Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by madeofpalk on Friday December 08, 2023 @06:20PM
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Yes, I'm sure that there is at least one person who uses iMessage in all of Europe.
Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by diligiant on Friday December 08, 2023 @06:25PM
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10 if you count my family, parents and siblings ;)
I know some that use it in Portugal, but most of my relatives use Facebook Messenger first, then WhatsApp, then SMS or iMessage.
Is anyone aware of actual statistics on this?
Beeper had a good approximation
Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by spacebanana7 on Friday December 08, 2023 @06:48PM
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It’s surprisingly difficult to measure.
“Installs” are muddied by the fact that everyone with a Facebook account has a Messenger capability, and every Apple user has an iMessage app downloaded.
“Messages received” is distorted by group chat dynamics and commercial messages.
“Messages sent” is distorted by the unequal value of relationships.
For example, I generally communicate with FB marketplace sellers & acquaintances from high school on Messenger, but use WhatsApp for talking with overseas family members.
More generally, there are social dynamics which make messenger apps radically different from one another. Even when the feature sets of the applications are very similar.
At scale yes, signal, telegram and whatsapp are perhaps more significant than the apple ecology and the ratio of android to apple outside the USA and canada probably shows why.