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"I am concerned the Imessage on Android would simply serve to remove an obstacle to Iphone families giving their kids an Android phone." -Craig It was with gre

"I am concerned the Imessage on Android would simply serve to remove an obstacle to Iphone families giving their kids an Android phone." -Craig It was with great difficulty that I convinced my girlfriend to try an Android phone that I had tricked out for her. The main obstacle was that her entire family of more than twenty are locked into Imessage. She felt ostracized afterwards being the green bubble in the family. She has gotten many of them on Signal, but they treat me with some disdain. I really learned what a firm grip Apple has on its users, and it is proven here yet again that it is by design. She must really love me.

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cokeandpepsi 4y ago
- kornhole 4y ago
  The Android phone I gave her and we use is GrapheneOS, and we have a Nextcloud server for most all our needed services. It is far more private than Apple who knows where you are at all times, what you are using on your phone, who you communicate with.. and is building an advertising business to capitalize on this.
  - dmitriid 4y ago
    > I really learned what a firm grip Apple has on its users, and it is proven here yet again that it is by design. > The Android phone I gave her and we use is GrapheneOS, and we have a Nextcloud server for most all our needed services. Or, you know, perhaps your girlfriend not thrilled by either the OS nor by the services you foisted on her? Or, perhaps, "by design" people are not enthused by the prospect of running their own Nextcloud servers?
dwaite 4y ago
Having grown up with IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, etc etc. I can say this was and is _always_ the case. I have a group of friends who refuse to use Signal (because of the phone number requirement) and for several years the only channel we could agree on was Steam chat. I have a side of my family that I have warned that I will only see their messages once a month because they will only use Facebook Messenger. I keep my Facebook account for them.

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cokeandpepsi 4y ago

kornhole 4y ago
The Android phone I gave her and we use is GrapheneOS, and we have a Nextcloud server for most all our needed services. It is far more private than Apple who knows where you are at all times, what you are using on your phone, who you communicate with.. and is building an advertising business to capitalize on this.
- dmitriid 4y ago
  > I really learned what a firm grip Apple has on its users, and it is proven here yet again that it is by design. > The Android phone I gave her and we use is GrapheneOS, and we have a Nextcloud server for most all our needed services. Or, you know, perhaps your girlfriend not thrilled by either the OS nor by the services you foisted on her? Or, perhaps, "by design" people are not enthused by the prospect of running their own Nextcloud servers?

dwaite 4y ago

Having grown up with IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, etc etc. I can say this was and is _always_ the case. I have a group of friends who refuse to use Signal (because of the phone number requirement) and for several years the only channel we could agree on was Steam chat. I have a side of my family that I have warned that I will only see their messages once a month because they will only use Facebook Messenger. I keep my Facebook account for them.