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> "iMessage has a very strong lock-in effect while iCloud and Apple Music do not." Does it really, though? I'm an iPhone user but have friends and family who h
by Reason077 6y ago
> "iMessage has a very strong lock-in effect while iCloud and Apple Music do not."
Does it really, though? I'm an iPhone user but have friends and family who have moved to Android without too much drama. Our chats just moved to other messaging apps with barely a second thought.
If we lived in a world where WhatsApp and other cross-platform messaging apps didn't exist, then there would be a strong lock-in effect. But as it stands the iMessage lock-in is weak, at best.
- alxlu 6y agoIt’s managed to lock me in. I’ve been trying to completely move off of the Apple ecosystem for the last year or so. I think for a lot of people (including myself) there’s going to be a few holdouts that only use iMessage and don’t want to switch and I’m not going to stop communicating with people I enjoy interacting with over technology preferences.
- valuearb 6y agoSMS works on all phones
- alxlu 6y agoIt doesn't work when people have email based iMessage accounts. It also doesn't work well for sending larger images/videos, not to mention the other random niceties that come with other modern messaging apps (e.g. read messages, text effects, being seamlessly synced across all devices, etc.)
- dewey 6y agoReally depends on where you are located. In the US the lock-in effect is very strong while in Europe or countries where there's a lot of Telegram/WhatsApp usage it's obviously lower.