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Apple Invites

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651 points openchampagne | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | 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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1. prepend ◴[05 Feb 25 12:16 UTC] No.42947436[source]▶
I disagree. Electronic invites should be easy peasy, but they kind of suck. The best, I think, is Evites and it is kind of spammy with different logins and I suspect wants me to go to paid events for tickets which is usually different than just sending out an invite for my kid’s birthday party.

Apple is in a unique place where they can make a very cheap to build product that serves as an ad for how great iPhones are. And not try to sell me anything else. Just an invite that tracks who said yes and who said no.