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If it's Apple only, and moreover requires iCloud, why would I not just use iMessage?
by LeoPanthera 5y ago
If it's Apple only, and moreover requires iCloud, why would I not just use iMessage?
- john_alan 5y ago
- yoz-y 5y agoCare to elaborate? How is using iMessage undignified?
- crossroadsguy 5y agoI do not use iMessage. I mean I tried it and still do use it maybe couple of times a year. It didn’t fly with any of my contacts around here. Much worse results than my Signal and Matrix evangelism attempts. It’s just that I’m in a geographical area where blue tick - green tick didn’t become a thing and people use other messaging apps which are better than iMessage by light years; and that’s good. Anyway, is it possible that OP was pointing to iMessage simply being inferior? And it is inferior, just like pretty much any online service from Apple. And Apple’s recent convoluted u-turn on privacy. But still, yeah, “dignity” is too strong a term to be used in this context maybe.
- RenderedCarrot 5y agoThe “dignity” part applies less to Apple’s Messages, and more to using ad-funded software where you are the product being “monetized” and manipulated. I find that repulsive and degrading. Messages and Tact come from the same place in that both aim to just enable people to communicate, without any further sinister or degrading motive.
- dang 5y agoWould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and breaking the site guidelines? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Note that there are additional rules for Show HN threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html We don't want a culture of people belittling others' work here.
- john_alan 5y agoI find the way you target certain users bizarre. Many comments violate the strict code of conduct and go unchecked.
- dang 5y agoNo doubt it seems bizarre if you expect it to be consistent, but it's far from consistent—for the simple reason that we don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. If you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=likeliest%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- spullara 5y agoHonestly this is the pitch for iMessage before it existed.