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651 points openchampagne | 2 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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canucker2016 ◴[04 Feb 25 22:52 UTC] No.42940281[source]▶
Blame the telcos for the relative poor quality of text message multimedia (via MMS).

The telcos specify the size limits of MMS messages. iMessage has much higher limits in most cases, so iPhone has to use reduce the quality of the pics/videos to reach the lower size limits for sending to non-iMessage recipients.

For the telcos, why would they upgrade their size limits for MMS - it's just a cost centre for them. They probably make more by selling more iPhones as well.

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bmitc ◴[05 Feb 25 03:32 UTC] No.42943359[source]▶
It's not the telcos. My family can't send my Android phone a text because Apple intercepts it and sends it as an iMessage instead.
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1. gf000 ◴[05 Feb 25 07:51 UTC] No.42945327[source]▶
That's a very malicious way to put it, and you could easily google how to "deregister" your previous apple phone's number.

Also, your family has total control on how to send it, they should just long-press the send button and choose to send as SMS.

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2. bmitc ◴[05 Feb 25 13:03 UTC] No.42947919[source]▶
It's not malicious. It's the reality. I already have deregistered my phone number. Their contacts for me have no mention of my email address now. They are sending a message to a phone number, and it still sends it as an iMessage.

You aren't being humble and understanding how terrible and complex the situation is. And it is not our faults. It is Apple's.

And by the way, that de-registration process only exists because Apple was sued for this before.