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WAT? Doesn't iMessage work the same everywhere else? None of my family members understand that iMessage isn't just SMS.
by mrweasel 3y ago
WAT? Doesn't iMessage work the same everywhere else?
None of my family members understand that iMessage isn't just SMS.
- closewith 3y agoI've never come across anyone outside the US who messaged me via iMessage. Almost exclusively used in the US. Recently Apple claimed it didn't have to apply DMA measures to iMessage in the EU because it has less than 45 Million users there, or less than 10% penetration.
- danpalmer 3y agoIn the UK it's WhatsApp, in parts of Europe I believe it's Viber, in some communities it's Telegram, in Asia it's WhatsApp or LINE, in China it's WeChat, in some places it's Facebook Messenger. I'm between the UK and Australia, and haven't received an iMessage in years, literally. I get SMS on a daily/weekly basis for 2FA things. It probably has something to do with the fact that outside the US, iPhone market penetration is low, so it's assumed that sending someone an SMS will be an actual SMS, not always upgraded to iMessage.