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I'd rather be in a closed, "feudalistic" ecosystem of Apple or Google than deal with any carrier.
by tpush 5y ago
I'd rather be in a closed, "feudalistic" ecosystem of Apple or Google than deal with any carrier.
- dotancohen 5y agoI'd rather not have messaging capabilities than expose my metadata to Facebook. MMS is great for communicating with people for whom "message" and "Whatsapp" are near-synonyms.
- can16358p 5y agoSame here. Not fan of Apple or Facebook as a company, but would definitely take their offer over anything that is plaintext and carrier-controlled. At least with iMessage or Messenger we have a way of sending encrypted messages of almost any format. (Clarification: not necessarily E2EE but at least encrypted to a non-carrier company)
- usr1106 5y agoFrom a non-US perspective: At least carriers are not US quasi monopolies. They do often obey local laws. (see today's Google analytic submission on HN if you don't know what I mean) And they provide interoperability. If my aunt uses another carrier than me I can still reach her. Of course carriers in the US are worse than elsewhere, so some people might have a stronger point like yours. I am in the lucky situation that e.g. SIM locking is illegal here.