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Because 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
by vlozko 6y ago
Because 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?