• Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    That’s a carrier feature. I can message anyone anywhere with anything I want. Has nothing to do with iPhone. I just group texted all my iphone friends from Firefox on my PC.

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      9 months ago

      Alright, so let’s say I have an iPhone and my friend also does if I’m away from cell service but have data and try to send them an SMS it will go through as an iMessage in the same app they use to text. So I can still message them in the same app they’re using for SMS and iMessage with everyone else.

      So there’s already a built in messaging app pretty much. I think part of the confusion is group texts. I don’t think they’re actually talking about group chats but rather one on one with various people who already have iPhones. It’s easier to just send them a message that way. Yes this isn’t a good state of affairs.

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        9 months ago

        Your first paragraph is not relevant to the phone but the service. That’s the whole point I’m trying to make. It’s called wi-fi calling and is a service feature not a phone feature. Apple makes it easier but I can still message anyone without a phone just fine.

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          9 months ago

          The problem comes when it costs you money to send an SMS or make a voice call to the person with iMessage but data has no extra monetary cost, for example when you’re in a different country.

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          9 months ago

          It’s entirely relevant if the people you want to contact don’t have any other chat apps. The whole point is the inability to get others to do something slight less easy.