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[–] falkerie71 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Plenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Don't forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp

[–] falkerie71 2 points 1 year ago

For sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in germany and I don't know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

WhatsApp isn't much better. It's owned by Meta afterall!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

i can recommend signal

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Element is on the App Store