Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol

From	Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol
Date	2023-12-10 10:38 +0100
Organization	Camembert Normand au Lait Cru
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On 09.12.23 23:04, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2023-12-09 16:21, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 2023-12-09 21:05, Wally J wrote:
>>> "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
>>>
>>>>> Not at all.  Apple's system is not a walled garden.  More like an
>>>>> exclusive country club where you get more but can also go anywhere off
>>>>> of the club you want.
>>>>
>>>> The point is that *here* there are only 21% of iPhones, so those users
>>>> have to get out of their walled garden to talk with the people, 80% of
>>>> which are on Android. So, they don't use iMessages.
>>>
>>> Carlos brings up the valid points that most of the world is on 
>>> Android, and
>>> most of the world seems to use WhatsApp (which is the same as iMessage
>>> anyway, in terms of needing to connect to a middleman mothership server).
>>>
>>> But even those on Android in the US have no problem communicating with
>>> iPhone users; it's always mainly the iPhone users who complain about it.
>>
>> That is not so.
>>
>> Android users have to communicate with iPhone users using third party 
>> tools, like WhatsApp, thats not popular in the USA, or ancient protocols 
>> like SMS, which lack features. Or use MMS, which in many countries it is 
>> expensive, or is being phased out.
> 
> MMS has no additional cost here but may contribute to the user's monthly 
> bandwidth plan limit.

In advanced markets MMS does not exist anymore.

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Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-12-09 20:45 +0100
  Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-09 16:05 -0400
    Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-12-09 22:21 +0100
      Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2023-12-09 17:04 -0500
        Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 00:24 -0400
          Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-12-10 13:20 +0100
            Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 14:09 -0400
        Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-12-10 10:38 +0100
          Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2023-12-10 08:26 -0500
      Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 00:22 -0400
      Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-12-10 10:38 +0100
        Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-12-10 13:22 +0100
          Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2023-12-10 08:29 -0500
            Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 19:22 -0400
          Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2023-12-10 17:14 +0000
            Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 19:21 -0400
    Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-12-10 10:37 +0100
      Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-12-10 13:24 +0100
        Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Wally J <walterjones@invalid.nospam> - 2023-12-10 19:46 -0400
  Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2023-12-09 16:25 -0500
    Re: Beeper Mini: Latest Android app to emulate iMessage protocol Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> - 2023-12-09 23:29 -0500

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