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the blue bubble is iMessage the green one that always slowly receive messages and no typing indicator, images, videos , gifs, payments thats your rare android f
by maxdo 6y ago
the blue bubble is iMessage the green one that always slowly receive messages and no typing indicator, images, videos , gifs, payments thats your rare android friend :)
- rorykoehler 6y agoI just checked. It seems I deleted it from my phone. A chat app that is tied to an OS? Why not just use Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp etc
- mikestew 6y agoWhy not just use Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp etc Because I already have a perfectly serviceable message app that comes with the phone by default. Do the three in your list interoperate with each other, is that why you're suggesting them?
- rorykoehler 6y agoWhich app is the interoperable app that comes with the iphone?
- vlozko 6y agoBecause it’s a lowest common denominator, of sorts. Also, none of those apps are able to handle SMS on iOS. Also, why not use iMessage vs all the other ones you mentioned? Different strokes for different folks.
- pimeys 6y agoGoogle has 73.18% market share in Europe, so it's quite rare that all your friends are using iPhone. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/europe/ https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/europe/
- rorykoehler 6y agoThey have even more market share in the USA
- joshuamorton 6y agoAccording to the same site, Android has <50% market share in the US, with iOS having >50.
- pimeys 6y agoWhat's interesting here is that it's only the US where Apple has the dominance. Everywhere else in the world it's mostly Android in the mobile phones. Edit: What I mean with this comment is that HN has lots of readers outside of the US. Here using only iMessage would be a bit weird, and for that reason everybody uses either Signal or WhatsApp.
- rorykoehler 6y agoHuh, i replaced europe with usa in the url and it gave me different figures than when you click the united states link. Still 50% isn't enough to warrant using iMessage. Especially the way we use chat apps these days.
- rorykoehler 6y agoHow is an iOS only app a lowest common denominator?