ijeffM to [email protected]English • 11 months ago9to5Google: iMessage for Android doesn't matter, just use good apps9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down114
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minus-squareTheEntitylinkfedilink9•11 months ago iMessage is preinstalled The whole point is: it isn’t more often than not. And unlike Whatsapp, you can’t even install it.
minus-square@woelkchenlinkEnglish9•11 months ago Every iPhone has iMessage preinstalled… But since the context here is Europe: Android is used by the majority.
minus-squareTheEntitylinkfedilink5•11 months agoEven if it wasn’t, technological illiteracy cannot justify imposing a vendor lock-in upon the others. Installing an independent messenger like Signal is not rocket science.
minus-square@woelkchenlinkEnglish3•11 months ago Not every phone is an iPhone though. In Europe they’re a loud minority.
minus-squareBillygoatlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoDid we just go full circle and start bitching about apps not being preinstalled?
The whole point is: it isn’t more often than not. And unlike Whatsapp, you can’t even install it.
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But since the context here is Europe: Android is used by the majority.
Even if it wasn’t, technological illiteracy cannot justify imposing a vendor lock-in upon the others. Installing an independent messenger like Signal is not rocket science.
Not every phone is an iPhone though.
In Europe they’re a loud minority.
Most phones aren’t iPhones actually.
Did we just go full circle and start bitching about apps not being preinstalled?