To send (plain) text messages?… Ummm… I’m not sure what to say, so I’ll just leave this here:
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I suspect Apple's tolerance before an account or a Mac is flagged isn't based solely on the number of accounts registered on a single Mac. They probably combine that with other variables - resulting in a tolerated range. Simple approach for anyone who chooses to engage in this practice would be to stick to the lower end of that range.
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It is universal. It’s called sms
We get it well. We just find this obsession absolutely ridiculous
Man, you guys refuse to prove me wrong.
Your walled garden ideology is wild to me.
The thing I do not get is why are so many iphone users in here saying to use 3rd party apps if android users want to communicate with iphone users. All android users are asking for is to have a seamless experience of being able to text iphone users via the imessage system without the convoluted need to use 3rd party apps or to go through numerous phone settings. It should be a simple case of an android user adding the contact of an iphone user (mum/dad, grandparents, siblings, other family members and friends) and then be able to start text messaging them, sending photo's and videos where needed but they cannot due to reasons mentioned. Why are iphone users/Apple fans in here so objectionable for that seamless operation to happen?.
The fact you think I’m trapped in a walled garden is wild to me.
Because iMessage is an apple thing. I don’t feel obligated to other platforms features that are made for them.
More importantly this is annoying as an apple user because how do I know if I am talking to
An apple user or a fraud?
I use Apple Pay. Apple Music suggestions. Check in. And other apple specific things. This essentially fragments iMessage and fragmentation is something that is common in android. Not iOS.
Android fanatics brag about how open android is and how better and the choice of the platform. Then they can choose to use one of the many cross platform apps. Aka what 3/4 of the wmost elf are using.
Not to mention that even if you're willing to do this yourself, its impossible to convince all your iPhone-owning family/friends/contacts to do the same.
Investors.
If this project had remained as a hobbyist/free app (Like Hackintoshing) rather than a commercial product based on Apple Technology (Like Psystar) this might have flown under the radar indefinitely.
Shouting how you found a backdoor from the rooftops and then charging folk for access was probably not a good idea.
I agree. I'm very glad Aplple implemented iMessage verification. I turned it on.
About iMessage Contact Key Verification - Apple Support
iMessage Contact Key Verification provides additional security by helping to detect sophisticated threats against iMessage servers and allowing you to verify that you’re messaging only with the people that you intend.
A decade in which you can still send and receive these. It's not complicated.
Seeing as sms didn’t exist then no. Good try though.
For android users it appears to be quite complicated. 💅😬😅
I still don't understand who gives a bleep about SMS being blue. Just use WhatsApp like a normal person if you've got friends on other platforms.
I love it. People buy that crappy android system then whine because it doesn’t work like an iPhone.
Better idea, buy any of the thousand android devices released just this year.
As I said, I own both. I have a 13 Pro and a Pixel 8. I don't really like the Android way of doing things, other than the side loading and being able to change the default messaging app.
I also have a SE 2022, but that is company issued.
How is this anti-competitive? Blocking WhatsApp and Telegram would be anti-competitive. Not porting over something to benefit your competitor isn’t anti-competitive. Otherwise let’s force NVIDIA and AMD to work together so that AMD cards have CUDA.
What people like you are complaining about is no product should have benefits over another product. That is just insane.
Also people make this whole “blue bubbles” a mountain out of a molehill. I text with Android users daily. Even share media. It performs just fine.