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sms, 2024-02-20 00:07:

> On 2/19/2024 9:14 AM, Andrew wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> I read and understood what sms said which if it's true, means the decision
>> to buy an iPhone is based on absurd criteria, since it's ridiculous to
>> choose a platform by a single default app, such as a browser or messenger.
>>
>> I'm not saying people don't do it.
>> I'm saying it's an absurd reason for choosing a platform.
> 
> It is not absurd.
> 
> I have a niece who's husband's relative works for Samsung. For years she 
> was using Samsung phones that she could buy at a huge discount. Suddenly 
> she switched to iPhone. She said that the reason was that all the 
> parents their kids' sports teams used iMessage to communicate things 
> like schedules, who was responsible for bringing drinks and snacks, 
> carpool arrangements, etc.. She was in no position to try to convert 
> everyone else to use WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, or whatever. So she 
> capitulated for a very non-absurd reason.
> 
> These days she could use something like AirMessage but that is a system 
> that she would not know how to set up. They are not poor and have no 
> problem spending more money on iPhones.

Well - AirMessage is not trivial to install. You need a running mac (at
least in a VM) and a gateway program:

<https://airmessage.org/install/>

Also the app for Android was last updated end of 2022:

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.tagavari.airmessage>

No update in more than a year? Is this thing still supported at all?
Looks more like a proof of concept to me.


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Arno Welzel
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