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651 points openchampagne | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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isodev ◴[05 Feb 25 03:37 UTC] No.42943397[source]▶
I hope this fails too. Apple is the platform, it's not their place to be making social/utility apps. There are plenty of alternatives, if Apple really wanted one, they could have funded an indie effort or literally anything other than making a first party app.
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1. taurknaut ◴[05 Feb 25 03:41 UTC] No.42943421[source]▶
> Apple is the platform, it's not their place to be making social/utility apps.

Google definitely ain't making useful apps, why should apple refrain?