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iMessage is the greatest long con that isn't a con of all time. You don't know how great it is until you talk to someone that isn't on iMessage or you lose acce
by joshstrange 8y ago
iMessage is the greatest long con that isn't a con of all time. You don't know how great it is until you talk to someone that isn't on iMessage or you lose access to it. It just slowly sneaks into your life until you think it just IS text messaging. Never bought into iMessage "apps" or sticker packs but I love things like typing indicators/read receipts/etc.
- cromwellian 8y agoI have an iPhone and almost never use it. I use FB messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, and Discord for 99% of my contacts.
- tinus_hn 8y agoI don’t understand the group features at all though. Do people really have groups of friends in which noone has an Android phone?
- joshstrange 8y agoIn smaller or very similar groups yes. I have a group iMessage with 11 friends in it but even so for group messages I normally use FB messenger, a surprising good product, so android/ios is equal.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoOut of 40-50 family and friends that I text regularly, maybe 3 are on Android.
- hunta2097 8y agoCertainly in Europe WhatsApp fills that gap. There isn't much point solely using iMessage when at least 50% of your friends have Android phones. The web version is fast and functional too.
- graeme 8y agoDoes the web version keep login credentials well? I tried the desktop app, but it was taking an insane amount of storage for some reason.