Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: European Commission sober! iMessage is not to be designated a "core platform service". Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:54:27 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <%QpzN.359284$xHn7.298297@fx14.iad> <4QNCN.100133$GX69.74652@fx46.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 0RhrvAWoPllTKrg7PEJHgQHlnMZNkAHcyDV5ECDqQNZyzyrr4F Cancel-Lock: sha1:nFwVP5WqT7z9T9wwZieczIj1yf0= sha256:wTjoh8rs57UDniUY2/JUGdtAOLnpT5Gk6yOFbSAf2NI= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: <4QNCN.100133$GX69.74652@fx46.iad> Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:184850 comp.sys.mac.system:143408 comp.mobile.android:139722 Alan Browne, 2024-02-25 21:56: > On 2024-02-25 14:30, Arno Welzel wrote: >> sms, 2024-02-19 04:44: >> >> [...] >>> Obviously Apple decided that the downside of making iMessage a core >>> platform outweighed the upside. At least in the U.S., iMessage is one of >>> the major reasons that consumers choose iPhones over Android devices. >> >> In the U.S. iPhones have a bigger market share in general. And since >> iMessage is only available on iOS there is of course no other way then >> getting an iPhone if you want to keep in touch with others using that >> platform. But that's not because iMessage is so great - there is just no >> other choice. > > What do you mean "there is just no other choice"? How to join group conversions or use any of the other specific features of iMessage without using iMessage? -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de