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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)

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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have never heard of anyone in the U.S. who cares about the bubble color either. The only reason I ever cared was that it used to mean there was a good chance it wouldn't get through if it was a green bubble, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I've gotten iPhone-to-iPhone green bubbles when there's been some sort of communication difficulty to Apple's servers and it had to go straight SMS.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you dating or in school at the moment? I if not, it might be that you’re just oblivious to this trend, because it is definitely a thing in many social circles.

[–] fignooton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seeems mostly a US centric thing though. I've never experienced this, 99% of people here with smartphones have whatsapp/telegram and use that almost exclusively, even iphone users.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No one said it wasn’t, but US is the largest and most affluent market and therefore the only one that matters. /s

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't encountered any adults who actually care about that in one-on-one conversations. I have however been excluded from group chats because mixing iMessage and SMS users resulted in a degraded experience. The iPhone users were, of course unwilling to consider installing any other chat app.

I find the last bit pretty annoying. It takes about 45 seconds to download Signal and confirm your number.

[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just had that conversation with a group of adults who all had iPhones and were unwilling to add non-iPhone people to a group or change messaging apps.

The reasons given were:

My iPhone is too old, I can't install another messaging app.
I'm not going to install another app where I have to remember another password.
Messages don't go through when we add a non-iPhone user to the group.

The conclusion by the group was "just buy an iPhone!"

And that's a group of adults. I can't imagine the bullying and peer pressure teenagers have to face over something as idiotic as messaging apps.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, I have six messaging apps on my phone (which is neither new nor high-end) and would be willing to install most others (not Facebook chat or Instagram) if it made communication easier for someone.