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Rumor has it that, despite Apple's public claims, one reason why is that iMessage is tied to a physical device. This helps keeps spam, malware, and banned devic
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Rumor has it that, despite Apple's public claims, one reason why is that iMessage is tied to a physical device. This helps keeps spam, malware, and banned devices all under control. Expanding to Windows and Android by definition means that iMessage can no longer have that per-device tie, which undermines these controls.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoThis is a total bullshit reason. Literally every other messaging app, including well regarded secure ones, have cross platform versions available.
- filoleg 4y agoYeah, and that's exactly why I've never received spam through iMessage even once over many years (despite being active in a bunch of group chats and 1:1 conversations). All while I receive whatsapp/telegram message spam on a fairly regular basis, despite not being active in any groups or channels on those apps (and in general, opening them maybe once or twice a week at most). The only reason I even use those 2 apps is to talk to select few old relatives of mine who are not very tech literate and who just happened to learn how to use those apps +a couple of friends who simply insist on using those apps.
- colinmhayes 4y agoI have the opposite experience for what it's worth.
- filoleg 4y agoTo make sure I understand it correctly, you actually receive imessage spam, not sms spam? Because regular sms spam (green bubbles) could still arrive.
- colinmhayes 4y agoOh yea it’s normal, but so what? Still sends me a notification
- thirdsun 4y agoThen your point doesn't apply to iMessage. You receive SMS spam, not iMessage spam.
- colinmhayes 4y agoBut iMessage has done nothing to lower the amount of spam I receive so I don't see any benefit.
- brundolf 4y agoThat doesn't make a lot of sense to me 1. It's multi-device at least when we're talking about non-phones; that's one of its better features, being able to use it from your Mac or iPad 2. You can make an iMessage account without having an iPhone; just having an email/Apple ID and some other Apple device to use it from 3. If you had an Android phone, presumably you wouldn't also have an iPhone at the same time? And even if you were using it on an iPhone, it seems like nothing stops you from being logged in on a second iPhone