• jormaig@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    They exempted iMessage because it’s not big in Europe. If it were as big as in the US it would’ve fallen under the DMA.

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      11 months ago

      Exactly I don’t know a single person in Europe who uses or cares about iMessages. This is in the US only.

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        11 months ago

        I have seen some iphone users use it with some other iphone users. But it’s very rare.

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          11 months ago

          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).

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            11 months ago

            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

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              11 months ago

              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.

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              11 months ago

              WhatsApp works on Android (AOSP), while RCS only works on Google-approved versions of Android. But I am not about to use both.

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          11 months ago

          In the Netherlands: whatsapp. You can’t avoid whatsapp here. Telegram is used by a smaller fraction, but it got a bit of a bad rep during the pandemic due to primarily attracting anti-vax rioters.