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Whenever this issue of iMessage crops up on HN, I’ve come to expect the usual points from both sides. However, the one thing that’s never addressed is the “why”
by impish9208 3y ago
Whenever this issue of iMessage crops up on HN, I’ve come to expect the usual points from both sides. However, the one thing that’s never addressed is the “why” of it all. For a group that ostensibly values openness and interoperability, why spend so much effort and energy to climb into a walled garden?
- noman-land 3y agoTo pry a closed system open and force it to interoperate. Climbing into a walled garden and breaking down one of the walls.
- HenryBemis 3y agoBecause half our friends/family/etc own an iPhone and they either use iMessage or WhatsApp, and neither is acceptable for the likes of me. And since they don't 'stoop' to the level of Signal, we can 'stoop' to the level of iMessage (but definitely not WhatsApp).
- aembleton 3y agoWhats wrong with WhatsApp?
- HenryBemis 3y agoIt's own by Meta.
- stanleydrew 3y agoBlue-bubble envy is real. I myself am a green-bubbler but every once in awhile I feel this tinge of "otherness" when I see "Loved an image" in the group chat.
- fragmede 3y agoit's location tracking and sending money that you don't feel.
- fullstop 3y agoReceiving videos which aren't crunched down to 320x240 resolution would be nice.