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Beeper Mini, days after launch, seems to be broken with iMessage not sending or receiving (9to5google.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Adding to this, people in the US in general treat the blue message bubbles as a status symbol.

We’re also apparently the largest userbase of iMessage, whereas the rest of the world has more sense to use third-party apps to talk to family and friends from around the world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

~~people~~ Some/many iPhone users in the US in general treat the blue message bubbles as a status symbol.

Ftfy.

Plus, the iMessage approach is the right answer. A single messaging app that will use a modern network-based comm channel with anyone who has the capability, with a fallback to SMS/MMS for those who don't.

Which Signal was doing until this year, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I use textra. My message bubbles are blue. I am cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Hahahaha, have an upvote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I switched from Textra recently to get the benefits of RCS in Google Messages. I really wish more apps would(/could?) implement it than Google's own.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Hahahaha, have an upvote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

people in the US in general treat the blue message bubbles as a status symbol.

Children. Children do that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Never heard of this being a status symbol in the US.. what a dumb notion.