ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 7 months ago9to5Google: iMessage for Android doesn't matter, just use good apps9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down114
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minus-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 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-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·7 months agoEvery iPhone has iMessage preinstalled…
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months ago Every iPhone has iMessage preinstalled… But since the context here is Europe: Android is used by the majority.
minus-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 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-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoNot every phone is an iPhone though.
minus-squareBillygoat@catata.fishlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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.
Every iPhone has iMessage preinstalled…
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.
Most phones aren’t iPhones actually.
Did we just go full circle and start bitching about apps not being preinstalled?