I’m kinda surprised another company hasn’t made something to legit compete with iMessage yet
WhatsApp, FB Messager, Telegram? RCS is also a legitimate competitor.
The blocker isn’t the tech, it’s Apple’s control of the ecosystem and iMessage’s integration to SMS on iOS / macOS. I’d imagine if Apple provides an option for user to “switch default SMS app” to a 3rd party one, there’d be no reason why any one of the above wouldn’t see a huge uplift.
By the way, the iMessage domination thing only really applies to North America. Rest of the world lives and breathes WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messager etc.
I know I’ve been using signal and Snapchat but it would be nice to have something supported by a larger company that wouldn’t harvest your data (as much) as Facebook. I don’t think I’ll be switching off of signal anytime soon anyways since I had to drag my friends through hangouts dying and then allo dying. I like telegram’s features but I don’t think I’d ever want to use it due to some of the privacy issues I’ve seen about it.
WhatsApp, FB Messager, Telegram? RCS is also a legitimate competitor.
The blocker isn’t the tech, it’s Apple’s control of the ecosystem and iMessage’s integration to SMS on iOS / macOS. I’d imagine if Apple provides an option for user to “switch default SMS app” to a 3rd party one, there’d be no reason why any one of the above wouldn’t see a huge uplift.
By the way, the iMessage domination thing only really applies to North America. Rest of the world lives and breathes WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messager etc.
I know I’ve been using signal and Snapchat but it would be nice to have something supported by a larger company that wouldn’t harvest your data (as much) as Facebook. I don’t think I’ll be switching off of signal anytime soon anyways since I had to drag my friends through hangouts dying and then allo dying. I like telegram’s features but I don’t think I’d ever want to use it due to some of the privacy issues I’ve seen about it.