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>Let’s start with the obvious: the only people having this conversation about iMessage are Americans That makes it important. A large section of 300 million of
by FredPret 5y ago
>Let’s start with the obvious: the only people having this conversation about iMessage are Americans
That makes it important. A large section of 300 million of the richest people on the planet want blue text bubbles rather than green ones, and will buy the expensive phone to get it. Fortunes have been made on much less.
- nr2x 5y agoThis exact same reason why GDPR matters to tech companies yeah: Europeans are rich.
- hffftz 5y ago
- after_care 5y agoApple has >1billion active units worldwide, or one for every three and a half people on the internet. While the USA market is highly profitable their operational scope is much larger.
- WoahNoun 5y agoUnits is not the same as actual people. I have a work phone and a personal phone both of which would be considered active Apple units.
- badwolf 5y agoI've a work iphone, work macbook, work ipad, personal iphone, personal macbook, personal ipad, apple watch. I am 7 "active units" but 1 person.
- nhumrich 5y agoEven more important is almost all of iPhones market share is in USA. So would apple care about maintaining the market where most of it's phones are sold? Well, ya, of course.