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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
(www.theverge.com)
Who cares?
People that upvote the post, which seems to outnumber the people that are doing the opposite.
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Meanwhile, Whatsapp continues to be the most used messaging app in the world, with no sms or any other sort of fallback if you don't have an internet connection.
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Spoiler - it's working again. Might be teething problems for a new service.
it's working again
No it isn't. If you read the article, the lead developer is pointing fingers at Apple, so no, not a "teething problem" either.
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As someone who doesn’t care about the blue bubble crap once Apple announced RCS the other person using iMessage means nothing to me.
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At the very least, hopefully Apple will notice that there is enough of an appetite for iMessage on Android that people are getting innovative about it.
Apple reportedly built a version of iMessages for Android a long time ago. Then they realized how many phones their bubble scheme sold and reversed course.
Why do people want iMessage for Android? That gives them more control over the entire messaging ecosystem.
They're adopting the RCS protocol, that's what people should want. It's interoperable with all phones and not just the ones that happen to support iMessage. It's supposed to replace SMS and MMS, which are guaranteed to work between all platforms.
This iMessage vs WhatsApp vs other walled-garden messaging apps debate is stupid when an open protocol is right there.
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