Technology @lemmy.ml ardi60 @reddthat.com 8mo ago

Sunbird beta to relaunch and rejuvenate iMessage for Android

www.androidheadlines.com Sunbird beta to relaunch and rejuvenate iMessage for Android

With a failed attempt early in 2022, Sunbird beta will relaunch soon with newly added features and better security.

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I'll never wrap my head around why America cares so much about iMessage.

The literal rest of the world has managed to settle on chat apps that aren't locked into a single vendor.
- That’s easy: unlimited SMS was common on most mobile plans in the US as early as the mid-2000s. Unlike the rest of the world, Americans had no financial incentive to use WhatsApp.
  
  We had unlimited SMS by the time smartphones rolled around in the UK, we still decided not having some weird caste system based on what messaging app you use was the obvious choice.
  
  In fact I remember my American mates were charged for receiving texts, which I never heard of from any other Europeans, so I'd say there was probably a stronger incentive your side of the pond
- @9point6 @ardi60 Cross-platform, sure, but most are still controlled by single vendors, like the two billion people using WhatsApp (Meta), the 1.3 billion using WeChat, the 930 million using Messenger (Meta again), etc…
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- Because Americans are obsessed with iphones, as a status symbol and "American" product and it's a default...no effort required.
  
  I find it funny it's called an American product as its iconic design was made by a Brit, CPU is manufactured in Taiwan and the rest is made and assembled in China
- i assume you're using the metric system too then?
- Most of my family here in Australia use iPhones, and by extension, iMessage. Granted, they also use FB Messenger, Snapchat and all the rest, but mainly iMessage. It's the default and it works for them.
  
  I can assure you that this is not a thing exclusive to the US.
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Lmao
Isn't this the service that was sending messages from the app to the servers over plain HTTP?
Why?
Lol okay. Good luck with that
gonna wait for the next big thing: moonbird.
strange time to do this when apple is being forced to support rcs
Sigh. I'd like this to work, but I'm not holding my breath after what Beeper went through.
I can't think of a single reason that I would need iMessage on an Android
strange time to do this when apple is being forced to support rcs

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