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> Texting on iPhone just works. Downloading Telegram, Signal, Discord, WhatsApp, or the number of third-party messaging applications that is widely used by a n
by kaladin-jasnah 5y ago
> Texting on iPhone just works.
Downloading Telegram, Signal, Discord, WhatsApp, or the number of third-party messaging applications that is widely used by a number of people, within and outside the blue bubble of the US "just works" as well. And unlike iMessage, these platforms let you chat with other people. What's so wrong with that? Is it too much friction to click to install a (superior with objectively tons more features than iMessage that work on all its platforms) third-party messaging client? Telegram even has games, which are quite popular amongst the teenagers, just like iMessage.
- Karunamon 5y ago>Is it too much friction to click to install a third-party messaging client? Yes. This is why defaults matter. In this case, it generated a network effect.
- kaladin-jasnah 5y agoClearly not in Europe or India or China. First world problems, I guess.
- Karunamon 5y agoCountries where iPhones are less dominant and the Android SMS app is the default - so we see people using Whatsapp or equivalent.