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651 points openchampagne | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | 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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chippiewill ◴[04 Feb 25 23:07 UTC] No.42940495[source]▶
Yes, but at least those don't have hardware lock-in.
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1. Retric ◴[05 Feb 25 01:18 UTC] No.42942105[source]▶
You only need an iCloud+ account not an Apple device.

Thus there’s zero hardware lock-in, an Android user could send invites. Though obviously iCloud is more appealing if you’re part of there ecosystem, you can just use it for file storage etc.