Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by lotsofpulp on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:21PM
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iMessage is nowhere near market dominance. As evidenced by the ease of use and popularity of alternatives such as SMS/Whatsapp/Signal/Wechat/etc
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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by AlexandrB on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:08PM
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I agree. The obsession with "blue bubbles" is something I only hear about from tech writers. No one I communicate with in the real world has ever mentioned it. Supposedly teenagers care about this, but that seems like a poor basis for anti-trust action.
At the same time, I miss the era of rich third party client ecosystems for things like AIM or MSN messenger. Blocking interoperability is a bummer for innovation.
Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
by lotsofpulp on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:34PM
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>Supposedly teenagers care about this,
Android vs iPhone is definitely a thing people in their 20s and 30s even use to judge others. I have polled quite a few family/friends, and it is near unanimous that it is a dealbreaker in dating, mostly because they assume there is a higher likelihood they will not mesh with the type of person the non iPhone user is.
>but that seems like a poor basis for anti-trust action.
Correct.