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What are the other reasons?

• reilly3000 7y ago
  - I could never get used to the keyboards - The devices I owned were generally pretty slow, or got slow over time - iMessage lock-in - Hundreds of dollars invested in Apple purchases - The app ecosystem, while giant, always seemed to be junky to me - a few iOS-only apps - I never found a decent SMS from desktop solution, although I'm sure they are out there - Vaguely superior hardware - Animojis is probably the biggest one
  • peteretep 7y ago
    > iMessage lock-in > SMS from desktop solution > Animojis is probably the biggest one Every so often I am reminded people still use SMS, and by extension, iMessage. I think a combination of being in South East Asia for a long time, and also moving around so much, and both me (and almost everyone I know) uses various messaging apps not tied to a phone number (WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE). I have a British VOIP number where SMS goes through to my email. I wonder how much longer phone numbers, and, by association, SMS have to live.
    • ilikehurdles 7y ago
      iMessage is no more tied to a phone number than WhatsApp
      • Karunamon 7y ago
        It’s tied enough that if you leave iPhones and don’t remember to tell Apple to disable iMessage, any iOS user trying to SMS you will not reach you.