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> with graceful fallback Have you ever tried to stop having an Apple device? Hopefully better now, but a few years ago there was no way to unlink iMessage. So
by matsemann 3y ago
> with graceful fallback
Have you ever tried to stop having an Apple device? Hopefully better now, but a few years ago there was no way to unlink iMessage. So say good bye to all your Apple friends, as them texting you goes to the Apple cloud and not your new phone.
- Zr40 3y ago> a few years ago there was no way to unlink iMessage Deregistration[1] has been supported since November 2014. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042
- freedomben 3y agoMaybe that would be obvious to the average Apple user, but as a non-Apple user, it would never occur to me that I'd have to explicitly de-register my phone number with Apple after activating a new phone.
- rootusrootus 3y agoThat seems okay? It's only applicable to the Apple user to begin with.
- freedomben 3y agoheh, fair point. I was mainly thinking about somebody dipping a toe in or trying out an iphone for a little bit before switching back
- matsemann 3y agoThere was a time after you still needed to have the iPhone to do it, though. And I'm not sure how many are actually aware you have to do this, just getting messages for them sent into the void.
- rootusrootus 3y agoYep, I used to switch back and forth between iPhone and Android every couple years. I'd deregister the phone number when switching over to Android. I don't remember a time they didn't offer that ability.