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There is nothing that messages has that it's competitors don't. The combination of: wide acceptance + an owner who is not incentivized to use your chat (meta)d
by danieldk 6y ago
There is nothing that messages has that it's competitors don't.
The combination of: wide acceptance + an owner who is not incentivized to use your chat (meta)data to sell ads. That is something for a platform we use to share very intimate conversations.
Sure, there is Signal, but it is far less widely used (at least among my friends).
And then Messages has some very nice platform integrations, such as: Continuity, fill 2FA codes from SMS received on your phone into a web form on your Mac, animoji.
- Tijdreiziger 6y ago> wide acceptance Messages only works on iOS. iOS has a worldwide market share of 27% (source: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide). I'm not sure I'd call that 'wide acceptance'.
- tstrimple 6y agoMessages works with SMS. As far as I can tell, WhatsApp doesn't. That's a HUGE difference and definitely what I would call "wide acceptance". I can text my grandma from my MacBook via messages. Good luck getting her into WhatsApp.
- jdxcode 6y agoyeah I have no clue why you're being downvoted. Everyone else on this thread has confused iMessage and Messages.