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But lots of features are likely to be unavailable to invitees (indeed the article specifically mentions a couple) without Apple devices. Apple loves to use net
by aidenn0 2y ago
But lots of features are likely to be unavailable to invitees (indeed the article specifically mentions a couple) without Apple devices. Apple loves to use network effects to make people with Android phones feel like outsiders.
- aardvarkr 2y agoIt’s a calendar invite on a web page that links to a shared photo album viewable on the web along with a linked playlist… nothing locked down here
- klabb3 2y agoYes. Exhibit A: the infamous green bubble stigma (US phenomenon only). Also, Apple should not be in the business of making social apps. Hardware and OS is plenty lock-in aka fiefdoms as it is.
- aidenn0 2y ago> Also, Apple should not be in the business of making social apps. Hardware and OS is plenty lock-in aka fiefdoms as it is. I have some sympathy for Apple here; they are selling a premium walled garden, and nearly all popular social apps do one or more things that are rather antithetical to their brand.
- GiorgioG 2y agoThe paranoia is real.
- igor47 2y agoApple has given me zero reason to trust it, and lots of reasons not to? I mean, it's a closed ecosystem. I'm not sure how this is arguable...
- aidenn0 2y agoAlmost weekly I have someone annoyed at me because I don't have an iPhone, so they can't AirDrop or iMessage or FaceTime me.
- GiorgioG 2y agoInteresting, I've never gotten annoyed by my Android-loving friends/family. Even when I tried switching to Android nobody gave me static.