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>Why does everybody feel entitled to use it if they're not using Apple products? Because I want to talk to my friends without being locked into Apple's ecosyst
by segasaturn 3y ago
>Why does everybody feel entitled to use it if they're not using Apple products?
Because I want to talk to my friends without being locked into Apple's ecosystem. Simple as that, I don't need any other reason.
This language about "entitlement" feels like when Google complains about people using adblockers on YT - I don't care because they're both $2T corporations, and the only "entitlement" I see is the way Apple and Google think they're entitled to my money and my data.
- raydev 3y agoWhy are you entitled to use Apple's messaging servers without paying for access?
- wmf 3y agoPeople are willing to pay but Apple won't take their money.
- bogantech 3y ago> Because I want to talk to my friends without being locked into Apple's ecosystem. Simple as that, I don't need any other reason. You can't do that now with SMS and a plethora of other messaging apps?
- abrouwers 3y agoI think the "send my grandmother non-pixelated photos of my kid using the default messaging app" is a fair ask.
- selectodude 3y agoShe doesn’t have an email address? You’re not in a walled garden, just self host it and send her a link.
- segasaturn 3y agoYou're really suggesting that Android users go back to 1996 just to talk to their friends and relatives who use iPhones?
- abrouwers 3y agoSure, I can print and mail her the picture, too - the point is convenience. Sometimes, people want to send photos back and forth, too, so asking the technical user of the two to setup a host isn't a solution. (But I'm guessing you already knew that)
- rezonant 3y agoYes! All I hear when entitlement comes up is "Why do you feel entitled to text message your iPhone friends if you don't use an iPhone?"
- toss1 3y agobecause there IS an open SMS standard, and Apple has hijacked all their phones to use iMessage in it's closed ecosystem, saying to the rest of the world: "Go Fork Yourselves". So, right back at ya, Apple. If you cannot make it by distinguishing your products on their MERITS vs the amount of lock-in you can generate, I feel no reason to help protect your brand, or access to it