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The problem is: most people won’t care or know the difference. This is going to strong arm things away from the messaging app market and iMessage.
by benguild 7y ago
The problem is: most people won’t care or know the difference.
This is going to strong arm things away from the messaging app market and iMessage.
- curt15 7y agoWhy can't Apple push back and inform people of the difference through advertising?
- bnjms 7y agoThey don’t have to. As long as they keep the color differences between iMessage and non encrypted messages people will learn. Everyone smokes or does something technically illegal. They just have to be told that the middle men archive all text messages.
- justin66 7y agoOne really obvious thing for Apple to do, which has always been a really obvious thing for Apple to do, would be to distribute a version of iMessage on Android.
- mantap 7y agoiMessage is literally the single most important selling point of iPhones in the US. Apple is never going to do that.
- grzm 7y ago> "iMessage is literally the single most important selling point of iPhones in the US." Given the lack of emphasis Apple puts on iMessage in their marketing, it seems unlikely it's the single most important selling point. On the opening page for the newest iPhone, it's mentioned in a single sentence in a paragraph on Security down near the bottom of the page, hardly pride of place. https://www.apple.com/iphone-11-pro/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-11-pro/ Granted, I don't see Apple opening iMessage for other platforms for a number of reasons, including product differentiation, but at least Apple seems to think there are many more features to highlight before getting around to iMessage.
- tipsysquid 7y agoiMessage is the implied feature that Apple never has to mention but everyone knows about. They have no incentive to bring it up more, the green bubbles are burned into the psyche of every Apple user.