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Do you use any other Apple products? I feel the same way about paying a premium for a phone I don't like, but iMessage is what is keeping me from switching (bac
by oplav 7y ago
Do you use any other Apple products? I feel the same way about paying a premium for a phone I don't like, but iMessage is what is keeping me from switching (back) to Android.
My personal computer is a 2014 MacBook. My work computer is a MacBook. Being able to message freely from my laptop to others on iMessage is a really nice feature.
- xnyan 7y agoWith android you also can do this on MacOS, as well as Linux and Windows.
- paulddraper 7y agomessages.android.com
- OJFord 7y agoAnd then in a few months' time you can do it in a new app with a slightly different UI!
- anoncake 7y agoFYI, Telegram can also be used from a laptop without a phone being involved.
- oplav 7y agoThis requires the network I communicate with to move from iMessage, a platform that already works for them, to Telegram or any other app for my sake.
- ahnick 7y agoI dream of a world where all my messaging takes place in Keybase for this reason.
- ken 7y agoI can't figure out what's great about iMessage. Is it just what I get when I send a text message to someone who also has an iPhone, and it uses a blue bubble to show it's encrypted? In practice, I have maybe one friend who regularly uses text messaging. Everybody in my neck of the woods uses Hangouts, Messenger, Threema, etc.
- Marsymars 7y agoWell native iMessage is a lot nicer to use than a pile of web/electron apps. I say this as an Android user whose 8GB MacBook struggles under the weight of a handful of messaging apps.