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Apple plans fees and restrictions for non-App Store apps in the EU (bgr.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

seriously, how hard is it to ask your mum to install a single app so you don't have to pay to message her? what will that take like 5 seconds?

i have plenty of friends overseas who use ios and we message just fine. surprisingly they didn't defriend me when i requested they install an app we can both use.

wtf sort of shitty friends and family do you have??

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I find it intriguing that you're only just now discovering the challenge facing many smartphone users in the United States, where the use of iMessage is dominant.

The problem isn't with 1:1 chats, but with being excluded from group chats. If everybody is chatting on iMessage, I'm sure you can find the challenge in getting everybody to use your preferred alternative.