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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)

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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[-] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I just had that conversation with a group of adults who all had iPhones and were unwilling to add non-iPhone people to a group or change messaging apps.

The reasons given were:

My iPhone is too old, I can't install another messaging app.
I'm not going to install another app where I have to remember another password.
Messages don't go through when we add a non-iPhone user to the group.

The conclusion by the group was "just buy an iPhone!"

And that's a group of adults. I can't imagine the bullying and peer pressure teenagers have to face over something as idiotic as messaging apps.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, I have six messaging apps on my phone (which is neither new nor high-end) and would be willing to install most others (not Facebook chat or Instagram) if it made communication easier for someone.

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