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iMessage doesn't require you to figure out if the other user has an iPhone. Do an OS update and all of a sudden messages just start turning blue for some people
by ruddct 11y ago
iMessage doesn't require you to figure out if the other user has an iPhone. Do an OS update and all of a sudden messages just start turning blue for some people (along with other UX bonuses that are superior to the vanilla SMS experience)
I would imagine that a consumer-to-consumer Apple Pay would work similarly. Hell, it might be integrated directly in the messages app.
- jusben1369 11y agoThe problem is texting was around way before the iPhone. So it wasn't an opportunity for Apple to create greater stickiness for iOS vs other operating systems. Apple could create a P2P offering that worked easily with non iOS phones. But that would appear to defeat the stated purpose of building such a service. Or at least significantly reduce it.