And there is nothing to stop you from using messenger if you like.
The reality is that the SMS standard as part of GSM messaging simply doesn’t support such functions. that is not a limitation of the client it is what the standard supports.
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The reality is that the SMS standard as part of GSM messaging simply doesn’t support such functions. that is not a limitation of the client it is what the standard supports.
I guess Amazon is the lesser of the 2 evils, when considering how many times Failbook got caught for failing to protect privacy.
Sigh.
It's so much better than iMessage just because it works nearly all the time instead of randomly dropping or reordering messages. iMessage also behaves strangely when you message a lot on one device then open it on another. FB Messenger is more portable since it works in a web browser, though it's also more bloated. And group FaceTime, besides having that "anyone can spy on you" bug in the past, is horribly unreliable.
iMessage, unlike FB Messenger, is encrypted end to end. That's great, but I can see how that creates those usability problems. And Apple can mitm attack anyway if they really want, so it's "neither here nor there" between usability and security.
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No thanks.
1. Privacy issues like sms being synced to their cloud.
2. A potential vector for hackers to get any one-time-pins from 2FA without physically getting your phone.
3. Compatibility and Reworking Core Messaging of iOS
4. Cluttered mess of 3 different services. (if ever).
Having a choice is good but looking at the options? Google? Facebook? WeChat? At least I know I paid for iMessage by buying a device and not because of ad revenues.
Facebook can merge whatever and optimize their platform all they want, but no messing with the iOS platform pls.
1. Privacy issues like sms being synced to their cloud.
2. A potential vector for hackers to get any one-time-pins from 2FA without physically getting your phone.
3. Compatibility and Reworking Core Messaging of iOS
4. Cluttered mess of 3 different services. (if ever).
Having a choice is good but looking at the options? Google? Facebook? WeChat? At least I know I paid for iMessage by buying a device and not because of ad revenues.
Facebook can merge whatever and optimize their platform all they want, but no messing with the iOS platform pls.
I always hated the option when having FB messenger on Android.
Also shouldn't the other person your messaging have to consent to having their messages stored on FB too?
Also shouldn't the other person your messaging have to consent to having their messages stored on FB too?
This is one of many reasons I fled android OS , apps bending over lube free for Android OS and lack of privacy or controls.
I'd rather not have to use something Zuck controls because my friends and colleagues have chosen to make it their preferred messenger.
It is the most common reason why I unfriend people, if they can't respect my privacy online, and willingly share my contact details with 'free games' on social media networks they are out of my online network.
With Apple allowing FB to not take a cut of its apps and now this, I am starting to wonder if FB is bigger than Apple? What is going on? FB is in my opinion a dirty company who support all kinds of left and right wing weirdoes as long as they get their clicks and sell their criminal backed advertising. I mean how many people have been scammed by adds that FB has allowed on their platform? Countless! FB is NOT safe.
Yeah, I don’t understand the request here. iOS already lets third-party messengers show up in the top section of the share sheet. What other integration is this about?
The ability to make various third party apps (like some browser and mail apps) default, which iOS 14 has introduced.
A default browser matters when tapping http links in an app. A default mail app for the same for mailto. What’s the scenario for a default messenger?
Although I understand people’s anger towards Facebook for tracking them, maybe you should stop using macrumours as well since that has a huge amount of trackers too?
Sorry, I must have missed the bit where MR tracks you accross the entire Internet, where it has has hooks everywhere so it can build a total picture of who you are, and where MR spends millions tracking even non users of the site and then sells this huge treasure trove of personal data to data brokers.
So you don’t see what this request gets Facebook either. Neither do I, unless they will somehow get messages sent through iMessage and display them in their native app. (Co-opt iMessage messages)
Depends where. In the U.K. nobody really uses the native text messaging/iMessage app, and it’s all fb messenger, WhatsApp and Snapchat
