I'm not sure about this. A lot of people here judge people for using Android. I've read a lot of condescending comments. But maybe they are actually just minors.Nobody over the age of 18 is judging people for using an Android.
I'm not sure about this. A lot of people here judge people for using Android. I've read a lot of condescending comments. But maybe they are actually just minors.Nobody over the age of 18 is judging people for using an Android.
I’ve seen just as much comments from android fanboys about apple users here.I'm not sure about this. A lot of people here judge people for using Android. I've read a lot of condescending comments. But maybe they are actually just minors.
Personally idc about RCS or SMS....I am texting. There is nothing i am worried about my text being hijacked or hacked. So for me SMS/MMS does not bother me. I also have telegram and other apps if i want to send something risque.
Because these competing alternatives are inferior to iMessage in some way (privacy, functionality, cost, etc.) .. or some prefer sms from a carrier over an app from less known or less trusted companies. I’m curious, what do you think the answer is?Then why are most american iphone users ignoring those competitive alternatives and limiting themselves to imessage and sms only?
Yes, and the functional differences with the green bubbles wreak havoc with group chats. The single benefit of the green bubble is to let everyone in the group know who’s to blame for messing things up. 😉It isn’t about what device you’re talking to. It indicates functionality.
Seriously? How is someone’s purported ignorance of WhatsApp and Signal Apple’s fault? 🤔Maybe you aren’t, but lots of other americans don’t use anything other than sms to message their non-apple contacts. And many of those people haven’t even heard about whatsapp or signal. That’s partly Apple’s fault.
I’m not sure if I should laugh at that post or be concerned .. 😳I applaud you for a fun example of how to create a conspiracy theory!![]()
Hmm .. Everyone can already communicate with everyone else via too many options to name. I get it that it’s not seamless because the feature set is different from option to option and that standardization can reduce friction; but it is an established fact that variation drives innovation (in both natural and man-made systems) — the best of which eventually becomes widely adopted and thereby benefitting the whole. A argument for a mandated default communication system sounds good, but is at odds with what we know works — even if the process is messy.I don't see an obligation for the various companies to do it, but I do see governments needing to enforce something like that, just like the USA enforced phone lines for every community and now are doing the same with internet connections. Common good type things that both help the people communicate, and infrastructure that can be relied on for 2fa, announcements, ..., maybe even voting eventually. It just makes sense that everyone should be able to communicate with anyone else, and that's a good thing. Default communication tool enforced at the country level.
Yeah, I know and that doesn't make it better, does it?I’ve seen just as much comments from android fanboys about apple users here.
You just described SMS...I don't see an obligation for the various companies to do it, but I do see governments needing to enforce something like that, just like the USA enforced phone lines for every community and now are doing the same with internet connections. Common good type things that both help the people communicate, and infrastructure that can be relied on for 2fa, announcements, ..., maybe even voting eventually. It just makes sense that everyone should be able to communicate with anyone else, and that's a good thing. Default communication tool enforced at the country level.
Most people don’t even know what the green and blue bubbles mean. Because of that, they think they’re using imessage regardless of the bubble color and don’t care to look for alternatives to message their non-iphone contacts. All that because Apple had to put sms and imessage in the same app. As someone else just said: The only benefit of the green bubbles is to let everyone in a group know who’s to blame for messing things up.Seriously? How is someone’s purported ignorance of WhatsApp and Signal Apple’s fault? 🤔
I do. Pictures and video are just fine. We share pet pictures daily.You probably don't send or receive media files via text with android contacts. A lot of people do around here, and that's what doesn't work. (and group chats via SMS)
I do. Pictures and video are just fine. We share pet pictures daily.
Considering this is an apple enthusiast site I’m not sure why you’re shocked. That’s like me going to androidcentral and shocked that they don’t share my sentiments about android being inferior.Yeah, I know and that doesn't make it better, does it?
I'm glad we agree. Where are we now with?Considering this is an apple enthusiast site I’m not sure why you’re shocked. That’s like me going to androidcentral and shocked that they don’t share my sentiments about android being inferior.
How is that implying Android users are inferior? You seem to be trying(and failing) to find a point to grasp on to.I'm glad we agree. Where are we now with?
"Nobody over the age of 18 is judging people for using an Android."
For whatever reason, I am a par tof an androdi Sub on reddit (why idk). Out of like 300 subs i am a member of, what caught my eye was a discussion on my home page about RCS and Imessage and Google vs Apple.Apple talks about security and privacy but still uses SMS and has yet given Google the go ahead on the AirTag finder ffs 🤣
However, RCS is the right direction and Google already has E2EE on their messages app so let's hope they work with Google to make it cross platform but faster than what they've been with the AirTag stuff.
Any pics i have sent and received from Android have been quality pics. I think one video i got recently was terrible but i honestly think that was because my friend was using some cheap old android from cricket.No they’re not. SMS/MMS only allows low quality pictures and videos, not HD as in imessage, whatsapp, signal, etc.
You seem to be intentionally misunderstanding here...People were paying 50% to distributors to hold a CD on the shelf an had none of the services the App Store provides today.
No I disagree with the way you are framing this argument.You seem to be intentionally misunderstanding here...
Your arguments about regular customers downloading programs from the internet are just as much of a strawman.Regular customers downloading apps from the internet (no CD required) predates Apple's App Store by over a decade. Your arguments about CDs are a strawman argument.
The point is the app store becomes a digital market place, same as Amazon. I shouldn’t have to explain a digital marketplace.But I'm going to go after them anyways - a distributor holding a CD costs quite a bit more than storing a digital file. And the cost doesn't substancially go down with volume - selling 100 CDs costs several times more than selling 10 CDs.
What you believe their costs are are irrelevant.Apple's costs are little to nothing.
Pure speculation. Also an added bonus would be malware, scammware and fake ware.We already know that if not for Apple's rules that force all distribution through their App Store, there would be competiting stores of just as high quality charging less than 40% of what Apple does.
I would be surprised if apples legal monopoly ended.I wouldn't be surprised at all if Apple's monopoly ending caused there to be equally high quality stores charging only 20% as much as Apple does. Which says nothing of all of the much higher quality stores that would spring into existence, which would probably also charge less than Apple does.
That’s not the definition of a monopoly. (Maybe it’s the common internet definition but not the legal one)You know Apple is operating a monopoly, because if Apple changed the rules, the competition would slaughter them on price and quality, to the benefit of every developer and phone user. Within the context of the app store, all Apple does is seek rent.
No they’re not. SMS/MMS only allows low quality pictures and videos, not HD as in imessage, whatsapp, signal, etc.
Must be nice to be able to talk for everyone.Nobody over the age of 18 is judging people for using an Android.
Via iMessage? That's what we're talking about here...I do. Pictures and video are just fine. We share pet pictures daily.
Ironice you say that. If i can't talk for everyone (fair) then what makes you or others able to talk for everyone and say kids are being bullied over a green bubble.Must be nice to be able to talk for everyone.