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Apple Invites

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651 points openchampagne | 8 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 1.046s | source | bottom
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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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alistairSH ◴[04 Feb 25 23:51 UTC] No.42941069[source]▶
From the article… Guests can view and respond to an invitation using the new iPhone app or on the web without needing an iCloud+ subscription or an Apple Account

Sounds like there’s no Apple walled garden lock-in for recipients of the Invites? Only for creating/managing them?

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1. aidenn0 ◴[05 Feb 25 01:14 UTC] No.42942070[source]▶
But lots of features are likely to be unavailable to invitees (indeed the article specifically mentions a couple) without Apple devices. Apple loves to use network effects to make people with Android phones feel like outsiders.
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2. aardvarkr ◴[05 Feb 25 01:49 UTC] No.42942459[source]▶
It’s a calendar invite on a web page that links to a shared photo album viewable on the web along with a linked playlist… nothing locked down here
3. klabb3 ◴[05 Feb 25 01:49 UTC] No.42942461[source]▶
Yes. Exhibit A: the infamous green bubble stigma (US phenomenon only).

Also, Apple should not be in the business of making social apps. Hardware and OS is plenty lock-in aka fiefdoms as it is.

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4. GiorgioG ◴[05 Feb 25 02:31 UTC] No.42942882[source]▶
The paranoia is real.
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5. igor47 ◴[05 Feb 25 04:53 UTC] No.42943970[source]▶
Apple has given me zero reason to trust it, and lots of reasons not to? I mean, it's a closed ecosystem. I'm not sure how this is arguable...
6. aidenn0 ◴[05 Feb 25 17:06 UTC] No.42951623[source]▶
Almost weekly I have someone annoyed at me because I don't have an iPhone, so they can't AirDrop or iMessage or FaceTime me.
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7. GiorgioG ◴[05 Feb 25 20:05 UTC] No.42954337{3}[source]▶
Interesting, I've never gotten annoyed by my Android-loving friends/family. Even when I tried switching to Android nobody gave me static.
8. aidenn0 ◴[06 Feb 25 00:50 UTC] No.42957572[source]▶
> Also, Apple should not be in the business of making social apps. Hardware and OS is plenty lock-in aka fiefdoms as it is.

I have some sympathy for Apple here; they are selling a premium walled garden, and nearly all popular social apps do one or more things that are rather antithetical to their brand.