I don't want iMessage for Android – I just want everyone to use good messaging apps
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iMessage for Android is only a cool idea because of the ridiculous attitude that's developed around the service, when other apps exist.
  • Parastie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is entirely a USA problem. No one in Europe uses iMessage as their primary messaging app.

        • naught@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Interesting ty!

          So before you can message anyone you have to download whatsapp? iMessage is preinstalled and is also e2e encrypted. Idk if I’d rather Facebook or Apple (who can access iCloud backups of normally otherwise encrypted data, etc.) in charge of my messaging infrastructure, honestly.

          Americans with Android are left to use literal SMS which is atrocious, or a different messaging solution, probably whatsapp I guess

          edit: I don’t like iMessage or the current state of messaging in the US. I feel like all the default messaging apps should be able to communicate e2e encrypted via some shared standard or something-- it’s weird to have to go third party

          • schnokobaer@feddit.deEnglish
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            11 months ago

            So before you can message anyone you have to download whatsapp?

            You make that sound like a threshold. Old people, for instance, are literally buying Smartphones just so that they can participate in “the WhatsApp.” They wouldn’t give a fuck if something else was pre-installed.

            Regarding committing your sensitive private chats to either Apple or Facebook, I agree it’s an issue and fwiw I’m personally using neither. But seeing that one is restricted to a device, a premium one no less, and people are basing social contacts on what color their bubbles have and 87% of kids have iPhones due to social pressure, I am very glad that in Europe we opted for the lesser evil, which is clearly WhatsApp.