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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Encryption, photos are higher quality through it (this is where "Android cameras are bad" came from,) typing indicators, sending messages over Wi-Fi, iMessage games, and message effects.

[–] bouldering_barista 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Some of that isn't i-message specific though, right? I have a Pixel and it has high quality pictures, typing indicators, reads receipts, sends over wifi... the other stuff I don't think Android has but that's a bit gimicky anyway. Not trying to be an android fan girl but I really don't understand what makes i-message better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is the walled garden, both ecosystems have those features but they don’t work together. If all your friends have iPhones, there’s a lot of pressure to also have an iPhone. And once you’re in, you’re not likely getting out unless all your social circle does at once. That kind of lock in is extremely valuable.

[–] theohgee 2 points 1 year ago

I have an android and use Textra as my messaging app. I can see iPhone reactions and also react to messages agnostic of the other phone's OS

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