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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by stevage on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:50PM (#42939361)
Nobody I know uses iMessage.
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by ghaff on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:59PM (#42939517)
In the US, using iMessage involves flipping a switch in some Messages setting--and everyone I know in the US just texts, except for texting with international folks.
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by dboreham on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:26PM (#42939880)
Quick note that I'm in the US and my experience is: most random people use SMS; closer friends and family some use Signal, some Discord, some email; colleagues use Slack; overseas taxi drivers etc. use WhatsApp.
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by pkamb on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:33PM (#42939994)
By "use SMS" you surely mean "use iMessage" much of the time.
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by spunker540 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:28AM (#42950884)
If op is on android they wont know who uses imessage
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by AuryGlenz on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:16PM (#42940620)
No switch flipping needed, if you send a text to another iPhone it’ll just do an iMessage instead.
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Re:Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people t... by ghaff on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:25AM (#42948129)
It may be on by default but there is a switch in Settings/Apps/Messages.
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