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While you're irrationally hating, you should know FaceTime was originally planned to be cross platform. The need to completely change how it worked obviously st

• braderhart 10y ago
  What proof?
  • Navarr 10y ago
    Apple did initially claim Facetime would be an open standard. > Upon the launch of the iPhone 4, Jobs stated that Apple would immediately start working with standards bodies to make the FaceTime protocol an "open industry standard". claims Wikipedia. Other websites also highlight the "open standard" it was supposed to become: [1]: http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/facetime-open-standard-never-happened/2012-12-06 http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/facetime-open-standard-... [2]: https://redd.it/1xuzif https://redd.it/1xuzif [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605498 [4]: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4547345?start=0&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4547345?start=0&tstart=... [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime
    • erlehmann_ 10y ago
      Whenever someone mentions FaceTime, I immediately think of this blog post “Steve Jobs sometimes lies to you”: https://zachholman.com/posts/steve-jobs-sometimes-lies/ https://zachholman.com/posts/steve-jobs-sometimes-lies/
• lmm 10y ago
  Or provided a convenient excuse for what Apple had actually planned to do all along.