I think what SpringKid is saying is that if you add up users of all the other messaging apps and compare that number to the number of users of WhatsApp more people don't use WhatsApp than the ones that do.. WhatsApp is obviously the most popular messaging app when comparing app to app. I could be wrong as it's hard to comment on someone else's intent..
But that wasn't the topic. It was the most used and most popular messaging application. That was the posts that was quoted and started the discussion between both of us.
Well, I had to scroll back in my iMessages. One, say one, "group chat" with iMessages in 1,5 years. And that conversation was 3 messages long.
Sorry, but no, that was not the discussion here. The discussion started with the claim that "every phone in Europe has WhatsApp", where even though it's popular, it's more likely it's not because in total more people are using other chat apps. That was the start of the discussion, not your posts.
wrong......see below. That was not what the discussion was at all.
This is an excellent article, and this paragraph is really on point:
There is no upside to tying your online identity to your carrier-controlled phone number.
I agree. However google would be monetizing apple users privacy without the $11B, so it’s not the 11B that’s the issue, it’s google. But more security is always better.
Not exactly, what you mean to say is:
There are search alternatives Apple could use that don't monetize their users' privacy, in addition to the option of providing search themselves if they wanted.
As long as apple doesn't prevent google search, the monetization is irrelevant to the user privacy issue. Google is such a heavy hitter that imo, most people would use it anyway. Those who want to use an alternative such as duckduckago know about it. The issue is a red-herring. Apple probably wouldn't want to develop a search engine, but I can only speculate.
If you want to use Android, just go use Android! It already offers all the things you want. That's the easy, simple, direct, solution. Stop trying to make iOS into Android!
Lots of people use multiple services, so your statement isn't accurate.
Google can not force a lot of manufactures to anything which is sad. Plus they can not add it for Android certifications based on other rules. They are trying but the honest fact is Apple welds a much bigger stick here to force changes. Getting Apple on board means that stick to force the other Android manufactures to get one board becomes a lot easier.
Problem with both is it requires both sids to use one of those apps. The one thing that makes both RCS and iMessage great is it just works with out getting another app and can be tied to the phone with existing systems.
The majority of iOS users would use whatever search results Safari provides, irrespective of who provides it. They wouldn't seek out to find and change the setting for the default search provider - only the more tech-oriented users would do that. Google knows this as well, which is why they pay Apple to make them the default search engine, otherwise they would save themselves $11B/year and rely on users changing the setting themselves.
