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by sbuk 3y ago
> " This really is exclusively about Apple's bottom line. " I'm unconvinced. Like I said further up the thread, the evidence to the contrary of the 'misery' of using other apps is abundant, especially given
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by sbuk 3y ago
There are five in the GPs post: - Strawman - Ad Hominem - False Dilemma - Hasty Generalization - Appeal to Emotion One more for free; Begging the Question...
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by sbuk 3y ago
Android users or fallacies?
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by sbuk 3y ago
> " The question is why the customers don't give Apple and its pathetic excuses the middle finger- and instead praise the wisdom of the company and whine about Android users not buying iPhones " Likewise, Android users &qu
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by sbuk 3y ago
Why, when use of iMessage is a rounding error across the European Union, will the EU rule that Apple are a messaging Gatekeeper? The noises coming from the investagtiong body seem to indicate that they will not treat iMessage as such.
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by sbuk 3y ago
Proofpoint bought them in 2013, and I imagine that they use it in some fashion, so a significant volume of mail may well be handled by it daily.
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by sbuk 3y ago
The whole green-bubble debate is essentially an appeal to emotion...
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by sbuk 3y ago
> " But that argument degrades when they're willing to do the work to shut out unexpected uses of the platform. " Or, as many in software engineering call it, fixing potential security holes, which is well worth any busi
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by sbuk 3y ago
And they exist. A lot of them, actually.
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by sbuk 3y ago
> One of the first rulings from antitrust I would expect is non-proprietary messaging protocols. So not sideloading or App Store Alternatives, or setting a limit of the App Store fees, or advertising alternative payments? (edit: I'm
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by sbuk 3y ago
Targeting kids with micropayments aligns to your interests?
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by sbuk 3y ago
And the Judge found in Epics favour on that point. Apple have a temporary reprieve, but there is an injunction ordering them to allow developers to advertise other means of payment.
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The Continued Threat to Personal Data: Key Factors Behind the 2023 Increase[pdf](apple.com)
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by sbuk 3y ago
It's not about having accounts. Again, the data source (which I admit could be wrong/misleading) all say active users, which I take mean users actively sending messages using FB messenger. The sources, by the way, are companie
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by sbuk 3y ago
Cross-purposes?! Ha! I think I need a break from this site...
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by sbuk 3y ago
No, I’m saying it’s irrelevant what businesses are sending you. And since SMS is fundamentally limited to 160 ASCII characters, I doubt the majority cares. Getting hung up on a default SMS client feels like a waste of energy. I get that, as
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by sbuk 3y ago
No. That’s appealing to emotion, it’s a fallacy and has no place in a sensible discussion. As for SMS, I can say with a high degree of confidence that deliberate SMS sending is very low outside the US. Besides, the feature being spoofed, an
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by sbuk 3y ago
How? 140 > 136! And the figure reported are active users. I accept it's back-of-the-napkin, not trustworthy sources, but even so, your math just doesn't make sense.
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by sbuk 3y ago
If it's the default app and all iPhone users actively use it, and FB messenger beats it by 4 million active users, then your argument hasn't really got a leg to stand on, especially given that the market share for iPhone in
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by sbuk 3y ago
Like I said, maybe they read the room...
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by sbuk 3y ago
So I'm imagining Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp on my iPhone? And the appeals to emotion really have got to stop. People do not by iPhones because of iMessage. I'll totally accept that some, even a majority, buy them as a fashion i
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by sbuk 3y ago
If it's not in the ruling, it's their choice, maybe they read the room...
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by sbuk 3y ago
They do supply the number of active iOS devices, though it doesn't necessarilly mean that they are all active iMessage users. 136 million iPhones in the US, ~140 million active Facebook Messenger users in the the US.
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by sbuk 3y ago
Facebook Messenger - approx 140 million users, then WhatsApp at approx 75 million. iOS has approx 136 million users (not sure if that includes iPad). So "dwarfs" might be a bit extreme. However, its extremely unlikely that all the
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by sbuk 3y ago
I wouldn't categorize it as anti-consumer. Apple is not under any moral, legal, or ethical obligation to provide access to iMessage to users outside of their ecosystem. Moreover, it's crucial to note that no significant tangible h
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by sbuk 3y ago
It’s getting better, and with more people working with browser based tools the underlying OS is becoming less relevant. That said, the Gnome folks do seem user hostile. And I get that most Linux distro users like to tweak their config (part
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by sbuk 3y ago
I failing to understand your point. Use of iMessage in the rest of the world is extremely limited - we're talking figures of about 1% global use.
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by sbuk 3y ago
I can and I did - installing alternatives is easy, as is using them, as proven by literally the rest of the world oustside of North America. In fact, free and open alternatives exist.
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by sbuk 3y ago
Take anything any of these "tech" YouTubers say with a dumpster-full of salt. It makes my blood boil when I read "But Linus says..." or "MKBHD did a s test where..." They are all just fanboys in the truest se
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by sbuk 3y ago
This is true, we see it anytime a discussion around email comes up.

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