Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 7 months agoApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.commessage-square344fedilinkarrow-up1654cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-27 months agoLiterally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS (except for 2FA codes).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoI’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives. With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoAnd that mindset is why iMessage is popular in the US /shrug
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoWhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoThe appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.
Literally everyone I know uses WhatsApp. It’s probably been over a decade since I last sent or received an actual SMS (except for 2FA codes).
I’d rather not use a meta application just to send an SMS. I have WhatsApp but it’s only for communication with overseas relatives.
With RCS I don’t see the appeal of WhatsApp
And that mindset is why iMessage is popular in the US /shrug
WhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.
The appeal is: 100% of your family and friends use it. A good fraction of businesses use it for customer service too. Not using it will have you left out of a pretty big chunk of social life.