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651 points openchampagne | 3 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.801s | source
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roddylindsay ◴[04 Feb 25 16:45 UTC] No.42934839[source]▶
Brilliant move.

The transition of the major social networks over the last 10-15 years -- from being a space for friends to interact to being a space to consume content produced by "unconnected" entities like influencers -- has created a huge opening for someone to claim the friends and family network. There is no one better positioned (at least in the U.S. where iPhones are the majority handset) than Apple.

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1. aaronblohowiak ◴[04 Feb 25 17:12 UTC] No.42935400[source]▶
Group texts and shared albums (iPhoto or Google photo if you have androids in the mix) are most of my social interaction already..
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2. mikepurvis ◴[04 Feb 25 21:11 UTC] No.42938761[source]▶
This is what it's been for me as well, for several years— all meaningful friend-group interactions are now taking place in group chats, sadly this is entirely in Whatsapp and FB Messenger for me; would love if there was a reasonable migration path to getting these interactions entirely off of Meta properties.
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3. aaronblohowiak ◴[05 Feb 25 16:12 UTC] No.42950593[source]▶
Group text works cross platform now.. some friend groups are on discord