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They need to install the app, which is free. What they don't need to do is buy an iPhone, which is not free.
by standardUser 3y ago
They need to install the app, which is free. What they don't need to do is buy an iPhone, which is not free.
- danaris 3y agoSo they absolutely segregate users onto their proprietary platform, it just happens not to cost money to use.
- rootusrootus 3y agoAndroid phones are free? I have to buy the phone no matter what, so I don't see that as a differentiator. I don't want multiple ecosystems that don't interoperate at all. I don't want to give my private conversations over to an ad company like Facebook. I like iMessage because it adds features without taking. I don't worry about what app I need to use depending on who I want to talk to, I just send them a message and move on with my life.
- gkbrk 3y agoYou can run Android apps on almost any non-Apple brand of phones, Windows PCs, Linux, Mac OS and Chromebooks. You can run iMessage on Apple devices, nowhere else. Surely you see the difference.
- rootusrootus 3y ago> Surely you see the difference. I know what argument you're trying to make, but I think it is disingenuous to pretend that WhatsApp is free while iMessage is not. As a practical matter neither is free, and both are free.
- standardUser 3y agoiMessage is not free insofar as one much purchase an iPhone to use it.