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They would never. iMessage incompatibility is a feature which drives user to buy iPhones.

• colordrops 6y ago
  Liked "They would never. iMessage incompatibility is a feature which drives user to buy iPhones."
  • nkrisc 6y ago
    Speaking of, I always wished the Android messaging app could just parse those messages and show the little like icon or whatever on the last matching message I sent.
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    • giancarlostoro 6y ago
      What's funny to me is in Signal you can react to messages, but it still doesn't interpret iOS messages as such...
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• bredren 6y ago
  Wasn’t it originally going to be an open protocol, though? I thought the decision to lock it to iOS devices came later.
  • kalleboo 6y ago
    I think that was only FaceTime
  • eyesee 6y ago
    That was FaceTime.
  • guptaneil 6y ago
    As others noted, that was FaceTime and the reason for changing directions was because they lost a lawsuit to a patent troll[0], forcing them to switch from P2P to routing calls through their servers. 0: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20236114 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20236114
    • viraptor 6y ago
      Ok... So they can open that protocol instead.
    • anoncake 6y ago
      I believe non-Apple devices can also connect to servers so that is no excuse.
• Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
  This is also a feature that prevents every iOS device owner I know from ever using iMessage.
• vbezhenar 6y ago
  For me iMessage incompatibility drives me to use Whatsapp, as none of my friends are not using iPhone and not going to use it in the future.
• xyst 6y ago
  This was never the original intention. Back in 2010 WWDC, Jobs presented FaceTime/iMessage as a messaging platform for all phones. Unfortunately, patent trolls killed this idea and iMessage became a closed wall for iPhones. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20236114 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20236114 If you want to get mad, get angry at our outdated and abused patent system. EDIT: 2010 WWDC keynote (1:37:01) where Jobs mentions open sourcing FT as open source protocol - https://youtu.be/UjUd0VSM2RA https://youtu.be/UjUd0VSM2RA
  • dingaling 6y ago
    I don't think the highest market-cap company on Earth would have much difficulty in buying-out the patent owner.
    • valuearb 6y ago
      For what price? Why reward a patent troll?
      • anoncake 6y ago
        So the patent troll stops trolling.
        • valuearb 6y ago
          Why would a troll stop if they got a massive payout? It just creates a hundred more.
          • anoncake 6y ago
            I'm talking about trolling Apple, the only entity Apple cares about.
  • buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
    Wow that bbc article was frustrating to read. The patent system needs a serious rework.