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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by spiderice on Thursday March 21, 2024 @11:54PM (#39787332)
I don’t think relying on Facebook for your entire countries messaging is considered “a solved problem”.

Relying on any one company is bad. But Facebook might be just about the worst.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by tamirzb on Sunday March 24, 2024 @12:09PM (#39808055)
It's a solved problem as in it's one single problem that is solved. I agree that WhatsApp is a really bad solution overall, just compared to iMessage it does solve the cross-platform issue.

I would also by far prefer a more open solution, but between relying on Apple for your country's messaging to relying on Facebook, at least by relying on Facebook you have one less issue.

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