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Fortunately you don't need everyone to be on iOS to reply. So you can send your Android using friends invited and they'll just get a weblink.
by Jeremy1026 2y ago
Fortunately you don't need everyone to be on iOS to reply. So you can send your Android using friends invited and they'll just get a weblink.
- Mindwipe 2y agoIt still requires people to read a text message. It may as well be delivered via carrier pigeon outside the US.
- barbazoo 2y agoGenuine question, is SMS text delivery unreliable where in certain countries?
- ASalazarMX 2y agoIt's unneeded because phones have affordable/free access to the Internet these days, SMS is a relic of the 20th century.
- cyberax 2y agoAnd the alternative on iOS is...? What exactly? RCS is a flaming trash dump of failure.
- ZekeSulastin 2y agoOther messaging platforms; the one most commonly cited seems to be WhatsApp.
- cyberax 2y agoOn iOS? Don't make me laugh. Apple will die before they implement custom configurable messaging providers in iOS.
- ghaff 2y agoApple may not be exactly jumping in joy about it but, even if it's mostly only useful for people in the US, they probably don't see that as a showstopper either.
- patrickkidger 2y agoI have a US number and live in Switzerland. At least for me, I only receive SMS messages whenever I visit the US -- the rest of the time they're just dropped and I'll never see them. (Doesn't really bother me, my friends and I all use WhatsApp/etc. anyway.) n=1 though, maybe this is some quirk of my phone provider.
- astrange 2y agoSomehow they're unreliable just in the US. I had someone think I was mad at them because when I texted them to hang out it never made it. Had to remember to switch messaging apps. I think they were on a cheap prepaid plan though.
- jandrewrogers 2y agoSMS text delivery has always been sporadically unreliable for me. The cases where the messages are delayed by several minutes or hours are almost as problematic as the cases where they never arrive at all. It doesn't seem to be specific to any country, though some are worse than others. Definitely seems to be a "best effort" service everywhere.
- pkamb 2y agoiMessage/SMS is just one of the many sending options in the share sheet. WhatsApp or whatever your country uses will be there too.
- eloisant 2y agoSo that's a green bubble situation. You get a subpar experience, your iPhone friends get a subpar experience from including you, and eventually they'll yell at you "well just get an iPhone already!"
- ghaff 2y agoI don't really see that at all. I have a circle of friends, some of whom have iPhones and some not (to say nothing of companies/doctors sending me reminders and the like), and the non-iPhones seem to work just fine. I sure don't care what color their text bubble is.
- barbazoo 2y agoWill it show them as green or blue though? :)
- ASalazarMX 2y agoUnfortunately you need an iPhone to create the invite, or contribute anything else than a reply. They have to know their uncoolness is tolerated but not welcomed in the walled garden.
- r00fus 2y agoMission Accomplished. iOS is a significantly large enough market that it will have some success for those looking to replace FB/evite. You can say the same thing about FB/Whatsapp or any other social network - you have to be in-network to get the invite even. Looking forward to testing this out for some events.
- Synaesthesia 2y agoIn the US yeah it is. In the rest of the world, not so much.
- criddell 2y agoThe US market is probably big enough to make the service a success. Sometimes you don't need to be the biggest to be good enough.
- joshuamorton 2y agoMost social networks don't have a $5-600 buy-in cost though.
- baggachipz 2y agoI sure wish they did. It would reduce the number of bots to nearly zero.
- in_cahoots 2y agoI just spent $70 to send out birthday party invites to 40 parents on Evite. The free version sends an invite with ads, links to Amazon, and other tacky stuff. As an iPhone user with two kids switching to iCloud+ is cheaper than the alternatives. And I think many other parents will agree.