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imessage is irrelevant outside of the US.

• vips7L 1y ago
  That literally means nothing when it comes to determining which is the better platform.
  • tacker2000 1y ago
    Imessage is a platform also owned by big tech, and the primary motivation and goal of Apple is to keep users locked in to their own ecosystem. As a a result, imessage doesnt support any other mobile platforms properly, and even discriminates against users that dont have an iphone. The world outside of the US doesnt have 80% iphone penetration. How you can say that imessage is any “better” is a complete mystery to me. Both apps (whatsapp and imessage) are just here to serve their big tech overlords in their own bigger picture.
    • vips7L 1y ago
      > How you can say that imessage is any “better” is a complete mystery to me. We’re literally in a thread about being served ads in WhatsApp.
      • tacker2000 1y ago
        They are both not a good solution to good, secure, ubiquitious and “free” messaging.
        • vips7L 1y ago
          Yes let’s keep moving the goal post.