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by k-mcgrady 3656 days ago
Considering the number of people that use other messaging apps these features are what people want. Apple can't just ignore that.
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kylec 3656 days ago
Why not leave these things to third party messaging apps, keyboards, and integrations? Why does it all have to be first party?
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k-mcgrady 3656 days ago
Why build a first party messaging app if most people aren't going to use it? For people who just want to send plain text messages the UI is pretty much identical. Text box, type, send.
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kylec 3656 days ago
What if I want to receive plain text messages?
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sotojuan 3656 days ago
Turn off iMessage or tell your friends. Or get over it because it's just a silly message?
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k-mcgrady 3656 days ago
Use email instead. Or turn off iMessage and just use SMS.
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pauldcox 3655 days ago
In that case, I think I still have an old Motorola Razr lying around in a drawer somewhere you can have...
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rarepostinlurkr 3656 days ago
Did you miss the part where they indicated that Messages was the most used app on iOS? Why would they abandon that experience for their customers and leave it up to a 3rd party to control?
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