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iMessage is pretty useless in Europe, because alternatives like WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, etc are pretty widespread. Aditionally a lot of Apple's new stuff is
by hutattedonmyarm 7y ago
iMessage is pretty useless in Europe, because alternatives like WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, etc are pretty widespread. Aditionally a lot of Apple's new stuff is wither US exclusive or US first . Apple Pay is very new in a lot of countries and barely any banks support it (mainly because credit cards aren't as widely used I guess). Lots of Apple Maps features are only available in big cities, Apple stores are a lot farther apart over here. Asking Siri in German to play a song with an English name hardly ever works. Don't forget that US prices are without tax while their prices in Europe usually include VAT, so the devices seem a lot more expensive too
- tinus_hn 7y agoiMessage is useless because it’s just sms over internet but then it only works if the other person has an iPhone. It works fine but everyone uses WhatsApp because that works on all phones and you just can’t rely on everyone using an iPhone. There’s just not enough added value to justify that limitation. Originally iMessage was supposed to be opened up for third parties but that never happened for some reason.