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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Who cares?

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

People that upvote the post, which seems to outnumber the people that are doing the opposite.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago

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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[-] Nach@midwest.social 15 points 10 months ago

Spoiler - it's working again. Might be teething problems for a new service.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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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[-] Crow@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

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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[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 14 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

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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