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People want to use one app to do all their messaging. iMessage is not that app unless 100% of the people you message use iPhones. For a lot of people Whatsapp o
by opencl 7y ago
People want to use one app to do all their messaging. iMessage is not that app unless 100% of the people you message use iPhones. For a lot of people Whatsapp or Telegram can be that app.
- scarface74 7y agoWell seeing that iMessage integrates with SMS, it’s not just for iMessage users. While there are a lot of reasons not to want to use iMessage but only being able to talk to other iOS users isn’t one.
- ceejayoz 7y agoWhen you send as SMS, it's not encrypted, some of the group chat features don't work, the reactions come through as confusing "so and so liked an image" on Android, etc. It's a big hit to the feature set.
- scarface74 7y agoAnd that's why I said While there are a lot of reasons not to want to use iMessage but only being able to talk to other iOS users isn’t one.
- ceejayoz 7y agoYou're mixing up Messages with iMessage, then. iMessage is a subset of features in the Messages app that are unavailable when communicating with someone on a non-Apple device or if one of the parties has iMessage turned off.
- scarface74 7y agoThe original post was iMessage is not that app unless 100% of the people you message use iPhones.
- EpicEng 7y ago"XXX liked 'some dumb comment'" Ugh, so sick of seeing that