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Google totally controls that ability. Apple is not any better here, but it's weird to call out Apple as being the only meanie here, when both Apple and Google a

by zie 2y ago

Google totally controls that ability. Apple is not any better here, but it's weird to call out Apple as being the only meanie here, when both Apple and Google are equally terrible when it comes to cross-platform e2e messaging. Thankfully we have Signal, which solves the problem better than either platform option.

saintfire 2y ago
Not to say Signal is worse than either option, because it's not, but they really hampered adoption by removing SMS (at least in NA). I have almost no way to convince anyone other than people very close to me to use it due to the (lack) of network effect. If they could just use it instead of the default messenger then it's a dramatically easier sell. Obviously it's up to the Signal Foundation about the direction they take but I don't know if I've seen anyone agree with the justifications. Google and Apple wrap up their locked down BS with SMS for the same reason. It's by default free of network effect but passively pulls people in.