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[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

I'm kinda surprised another company hasn't made something to legit compete with iMessage yet. Like even Samsung only uses RCS and mostly through Google messages. I kinda wish something like beeper would take off but at the same time I wouldn't trust the remote server running iMessage issue.

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm kinda surprised another company hasn't made something to legit compete with iMessage yet

WhatsApp, FB Messager, Telegram? RCS is also a legitimate competitor.

The blocker isn't the tech, it's Apple's control of the ecosystem and iMessage's integration to SMS on iOS / macOS. I'd imagine if Apple provides an option for user to "switch default SMS app" to a 3rd party one, there'd be no reason why any one of the above wouldn't see a huge uplift.

By the way, the iMessage domination thing only really applies to North America. Rest of the world lives and breathes WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messager etc.

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know I've been using signal and Snapchat but it would be nice to have something supported by a larger company that wouldn't harvest your data (as much) as Facebook. I don't think I'll be switching off of signal anytime soon anyways since I had to drag my friends through hangouts dying and then allo dying. I like telegram's features but I don't think I'd ever want to use it due to some of the privacy issues I've seen about it.

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