Android helps Apple "Get the Message" - eviltoast
Meet iPager - Help Apple #GetTheMessage
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Get ready for a new era in communication (again).iPager is a device that uses outdated messaging tech, like Apple uses when texting with Android. It comes wi...

I’m not a fan of the “war” between Android and Apple when it comes to SMS/texting. The rest of the world doesn’t use SMS/RCS/iMessage as much as WhatsApp and the like, so the US is pretty much lagging behind everyone else on this anyway.

That being said, I have to admit Android did a good job with this!

  • tal@kbin.social
    451·
    1 year ago

    The rest of the world doesn’t use SMS/RCS/iMessage as much as WhatsApp and the like

    SMSes use a standard available to any app. WhatsApp is controlled by a single company.

    If you were arguing that XMPP or something like that should be used instead of SMS, okay, that’s one thing, but I have a hard time favoring a walled garden.