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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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[–] msbeta1421@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would love if they would just roll out an iMessage app to android. Ideally free.

I could realistically see them roll out an apple subscription pack to android eventually. Give users a way to access Apple Music, Fitness, etc. May even allow android users make use of Apple Watch.

I’m not an Apple fan boy, but this seems like a decent compromise from a business perspective. This meets a need and I don’t think there’s a decent enough argument that it would cannibalize iPhone sales (flagship models anyway)

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can use Apple Music and an Apple Watch from android.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can't use an Apple watch on Android because it requires the Apple watch app to sync with the phone and that won't work on Android.

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes because iPhones have ✨magic chips✨ inside which only Apple has... I'm pretty sure the apple watch communicates with Bluetooth. Apple just deliberately shuts Android out.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apple originally looked into it but decided not to because they wanted to maintain their ecosystem. Same story as usual.

I have no idea why the above guy seems to think that Apple watches work on androids

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

It doesn't work on Android, I know that. But I'll bet you 1000€ that Apple could enabled cross-platform compatibility with an OTA update.