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Opening up iMessage to Android users would definitely reduce Facebook's collection of user data, since friends wouldn't be compelled to use FB Messenger. But ye
by bmarquez 9y ago
Opening up iMessage to Android users would definitely reduce Facebook's collection of user data, since friends wouldn't be compelled to use FB Messenger. But yeah it's not in his business model.
- gaius 9y agoSee also: BBM
- gkya 9y agoCompelled to use FB Messenger when WhatsApp is available? I don't think there are many people who have FB, but not WhatsApp.
- scottmf 9y agoFacebook owns WhatsApp.
- gkya 9y agoCertainly but WhatsApp is rather privacy-friendly.
- bmarquez 9y agoI find WhatsApp is ubiquitous among my international friends, but my American friends who joined Facebook in college don't have it. Anecdotal data, of course.
- aianus 9y agoYou know the phone numbers of all of your FB contacts? Getting someone's phone number has always felt like a much higher bar than their FB since you could harass them with calls, SMS, etc and it's more difficult to block. Plus there's an implicit sexual connotation if you ask a woman for her phone number that doesn't apply to Facebook or LinkedIn. I really don't like how WhatsApp piggybacks on phone numbers and phone contacts but clearly I'm in a tiny minority given how successful they've become.
- gkya 9y ago> You know the phone numbers of all of your FB contacts? I don't have a Facebook account. > Getting someone's phone number has always felt like a much higher bar than their FB since you could harass them with calls, SMS, etc and it's more difficult to block. It's quite easy to block a number. If they'll go as far as to use a different phone to call you, then they could also use someone else's FB account too. > Plus there's an implicit sexual connotation if you ask a woman for her phone number that doesn't apply to Facebook or LinkedIn. That's probably something specific to your culture or a misconception on your part. I don't see how the two actions are different when in the same context, except friending someone on FB means you let them not only try communicate you, but observe a certain period of your past and see pictures/videos/posts of yours. I can't see how that's not more demanding in terms of privacy than asking for someone's phone number. I'd ideally go for an e-mail address instead of both of them, but well...
- kgwgk 9y agoBut I would be more concerned about the privacy of the iMessage content on an Android device than on an iOS device.