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651 points openchampagne | 5 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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lordofgibbons ◴[04 Feb 25 22:24 UTC] No.42939855[source]▶
I really hope this fails.

Apple will use it's dominant position to create lock in like how they did with iMessage instead of cooperating with other platforms on a common standard.

Oder friends and family are surprised when they want to video call over Facetime and find it hard to believe other people's phones don't have Apple apps.

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yumraj ◴[04 Feb 25 23:05 UTC] No.42940471[source]▶
But isn’t that the same when people and schools create effing Facebook groups and events or whatever they are called and find it hard to believe that people don’t use that crap. Or create WhatsApp groups and communities and so on and on.
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1. lmm ◴[05 Feb 25 00:41 UTC] No.42941690[source]▶
Facebook you can access through any browser, on any hardware, and without having to pay for it. Not remotely comparable to Apple-only stuff. $1000 or whatever an iPhone costs these days is a lot of money for some people.
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2. JimDabell ◴[05 Feb 25 01:27 UTC] No.42942230[source]▶
> $1000 or whatever an iPhone costs these days

Why do people always make up iPhone prices when the truth is readily available? You can buy a brand-new, unsubsidised iPhone for less than half that, and that’s not counting second-hand devices or phones on a contract, which are both incredibly common ways of getting a phone.

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