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The iMessage domination is automatic -- if you message from an Apple device to a phone number that happens to be an Apple device (which the sender might be obli
by endorphone 8y ago
The iMessage domination is automatic -- if you message from an Apple device to a phone number that happens to be an Apple device (which the sender might be oblivious to), it's an iMessage. People aren't subscribing to iMessage, or intentionally choosing it, the thing is just the default in that case.
Apple Music heavily pushed, on the device, a 3 month free trial, and it's about time that most of those 3 month trials expire. I imagine the number will drop substantially after.
- furyofantares 8y agoI was surprised when a young girl I know was asking for an iPhone over an Android specifically because of iMessage. I gather the main piece of functionality here is that other iPhone users she texts know that she’s using an iPhone. Gotta get that vanity blue text.
- maccio92 8y agoIt makes a big difference in group messages. Group messages just outright suck on android. And if you're in a group chat with both iphone and android people it doesn't always send messages to the android people
- antirez 8y agoWhat is surprising indeed is the use of SMS in US, nobody uses SMS outside US.
- Steko 8y ago> it's about time that most of those 3 month trials expire. I imagine the number will drop substantially after. Apple's been heavily pushing the service with the same 3 month trial for several years and has seen huge growth over the whole period. There's no big correction that's waiting to hit.
- endorphone 8y agoDespite numerous Apple devices I'd never gotten so forceful a push for Apple Music as I did early this year, and indeed Apple has started using tactics that were verboten before, such as push notifications. Of course there is "huge growth", there is a billion devices and they push it with the platform. I do think there are going to be enough people that just don't find it good enough.