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651 points openchampagne | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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maratc ◴[04 Feb 25 16:48 UTC] No.42934917[source]▶
It's always nice to see some first-party apps from Apple[0], but historically the "iPhone-only social networking" hasn't been very successful — iTunes Ping or Game Center haven't been a huge hit, while group messaging in iMessage has only gained some traction within the US and virtually non-existent almost everywhere else.

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[0] One can even say "first first-party party app" in this case :)

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Jeremy1026 ◴[04 Feb 25 16:51 UTC] No.42934980[source]▶
Fortunately you don't need everyone to be on iOS to reply. So you can send your Android using friends invited and they'll just get a weblink.
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Mindwipe ◴[04 Feb 25 16:54 UTC] No.42935051[source]▶
It still requires people to read a text message.

It may as well be delivered via carrier pigeon outside the US.

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barbazoo ◴[04 Feb 25 17:12 UTC] No.42935391[source]▶
Genuine question, is SMS text delivery unreliable where in certain countries?
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1. jandrewrogers ◴[05 Feb 25 01:35 UTC] No.42942326[source]▶
SMS text delivery has always been sporadically unreliable for me. The cases where the messages are delayed by several minutes or hours are almost as problematic as the cases where they never arrive at all.

It doesn't seem to be specific to any country, though some are worse than others. Definitely seems to be a "best effort" service everywhere.