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> public utility Can we stop labeling everything that people like a "public utility"? What is ridiculous phrase. At any point in time I can open 10 chat apps a
by richwater 3y ago
> public utility
Can we stop labeling everything that people like a "public utility"? What is ridiculous phrase. At any point in time I can open 10 chat apps and talk to my friends.
There are _existing_ public utilities that have way more, _actual_ monopoly power than iMessage and federal, state and local governments do nothing - nay - support it.
- xanaxagoras 3y agoBut public utilities are a human right!
- anotherhue 3y agoI hate iMessage but I’m forced to use it because I need to communicate with people who don’t understand anything else. Try and chat to a group including 50+ year olds and see how far you get without it. This feels like “Please submit documents in Microsoft Word format” all over again.
- kashunstva 3y ago> with people who don’t understand anything else. or with people who _do_ understand other messaging platforms but choose to use iMessage? I fall (mostly) into the latter category. I well understand that other messaging systems exist, have accounts on a handful; but the people I communicate most with use iMessage. I'm not going to persuade them otherwise; and I'm not going to be harangued with notifications on a half-dozen different messaging apps. > 50+ year olds It's how I message with my 15 year old. And mostly how she messages with her friends. I think the usage patterns are more nuanced than old/young and simpleton/cognoscenti.
- sbuk 3y ago> Try and chat to a group including 50+ year olds and see how far you get without it. I do. Regularly. Using WhatsApp.