• @[email protected]
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    -1111 months ago

    Everyone who has an iPhone uses iMessage as a main communication app. Nobody bothers to replace their default SMS client and literally all banks, institutions, 2FA and key communications rely on sms to work.

    The fact that most people seem to prefer to have their personal or business chats on WhatsApp is secondary to SMS and iMessage (on iPhone obviously).

    • Primarily0617
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      1011 months ago

      but SMS isn’t where “main communication” happens anymore

      virtually all banks and institutions also send out letters via the postal service, but I wouldn’t say that was proof that “main communication” was typically delivered via envelope

    • @woelkchen
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      1011 months ago

      Everyone who has an iPhone uses iMessage as a main communication app. Nobody bothers to replace their default SMS client and literally all banks, institutions, 2FA and key communications rely on sms to work.

      Receiving a second factor is hardly communication. Nobody sends a thank you SMS back.

      • @Inktvip
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        211 months ago

        Heck, I get 2fa WhatsApp messages these days.

        • @woelkchen
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          211 months ago

          Except it is

          By a very strict definition: Yes.

          By anything that matters in the context of this: No.

    • @[email protected]
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      811 months ago

      Nobody in europe that has an iphone uses imsg as their primary anything. Because Europe is an android dominated market.

      • @[email protected]
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        -911 months ago

        “Nobody who drives a car does that. Because most people drive bikes.” Please go back to school and try again

        • @TheGrandNagus
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          311 months ago

          That doesn’t even make sense lmao

          Here even iPhone users predominantly use WhatsApp to communicate with each other.

          Stop pretending you know how this market works. You don’t.

    • @[email protected]
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      -111 months ago

      Do you really want to know how dead iMessage is in Europe? I was on iPhone for 4 full years, with bunch of friends and colleagues with them as well. I never even knew that it was anything but SMS app - that no one uses. Everything is on other applications, and SMS is just for automated messages and like 5th backup communications method if nothing else is available