Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square347fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down145
arrow-up1619arrow-down1external-linkApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square347fedilink
minus-squareAkinzekeel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 months agoLiterally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS (except for 2FA codes).
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives. With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAnd that mindset is why iMessage is popular in the US /shrug
minus-squaresndrtj@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.
minus-squaresmileyhead@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.
Literally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS (except for 2FA codes).
I’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives.
With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp
And that mindset is why iMessage is popular in the US /shrug
The appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.
WhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.