To avoid the type of miscommunication that is endemic in internet discussion boards, where people spout off anything as fact to "win" a conversation...I clearly label my opinions as such. And while you didn't mention the 1.3B you did dismiss it. So I was curious about how you knew. So thanks for the link, you are guesstimating the number of iphone imessage users to be less.
Of course I dismissed the 1.3 billion number. The only reason you quoted me is because you didn't like that I dismissed it. If you were so curious you could have read this post one page back. If you want to contradict logical common sense, go ahead.
My opinion on my Google is paying Apple is for those individuals who can't tell a search engine from a sink-hole and does not know how to go into settings and alter any configuration on the iphone (however how many that universe is, which I don't know) they want the traffic when one selects information on the screen and touches look-up.
There is no contradiction to logical sense, you are making blind assumptions now. For all you know the number of imessage users could be 1.65B. You can't prove it's not, I can't prove it is. Only Apple can substantiate a number like that.
At least pay attention to what I wrote, I clearly said I doubt there are 1.3 billion unique monthly iMessage users which is not a blind assumption at all. Key word being monthly as this is how Facebook Messenger, WhatApp or Wechat etc. users are calculated not by the total number of people that have these apps installed but actually don't use them. Whatapp has over 5 billion installs on Android alone so following your logic or suggestion I could say Whatapp has well over 5 billion unique users(also taking into consideration the tens of millions of iphones owners that use Whatapp) which simply isn't true. Facebook Messenger also has over 5 billion installs on Play Store. So you can continue to contradict logical common sense.
I appreciate the point of view. An informed opinion however, could be 90% of iphone users uses imessage. And there could be an extended discussion of why 90% isn't valid or is valid. But it's a rabbit hole when essentially trying to prove one wet finger in the air is better than another wet finger.
The number depends on the exact question that is being asked.
You make it sound as though Apple are locking down the choices. They and Google are just counting on people being too lazy to switch.
Hence the difficulty of determining such a number. Some people will just dismiss the number, because the number doesn't fit into their paradigm.
Unless you provide a reasonable explanation for this, we don't believe you. Marketshare and human behavior don't lie. People use the most convenient service, especially if that service is the default when they purchase their device.
Whilst I support your decision to change search engines, your counterargument is a “straw man” fallacy.
Are you for real dude?I'm telling you from my personal experiences and many people back me up. I don't know anyone that uses iMessage. Everybody uses WhatsApp. All of my friends, all of the people that I know.
www.statista.com
www.messengerpeople.com
I don't know anyone that uses WhatsApp. Everybody uses iMessage. Or plain SMS.
Not really, as far as the iphone becomes another sim-card, the old number will auto log-off by iOS. Apple also provides online page to log-off a number from iMessage.
In most European countries people use WhatsApp and FB Messenger. Doesn't matter what people say.
