morrowind@lemmy.ml to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months agoNothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down19
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minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·10 months agoThe entire rest of the world is using apps with more features and full crossplatform support. The US is the only one stuck on iMessage and, for some god forsaken reason, pretending alternatives do not exist.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months agoDefaults, defaults it’s the power of defaults
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s not a good explanation. iMessage is the default on iPhones sold in South America and Europe too. Whatever Google’s latest crap is also the default on all Android devices sold everywhere. But people still use the multiplatform alternatives.
minus-squareHidingCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoUK has similar iPhone adoption rates I last looked, and I’m quite sure my UK friends don’t use iMessage either!
The entire rest of the world is using apps with more features and full crossplatform support.
The US is the only one stuck on iMessage and, for some god forsaken reason, pretending alternatives do not exist.
Defaults, defaults it’s the power of defaults
That’s not a good explanation. iMessage is the default on iPhones sold in South America and Europe too.
Whatever Google’s latest crap is also the default on all Android devices sold everywhere.
But people still use the multiplatform alternatives.
UK has similar iPhone adoption rates I last looked, and I’m quite sure my UK friends don’t use iMessage either!