On: iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracking you

[reilly3000]

- I could never get used to the keyboards

- The devices I owned were generally pretty slow, or got slow over time

- iMessage lock-in

- Hundreds of dollars invested in Apple purchases

- The app ecosystem, while giant, always seemed to be junky to me

- a few iOS-only apps

- I never found a decent SMS from desktop solution, although I'm sure they are out there

- Vaguely superior hardware

- Animojis is probably the biggest one

[peteretep → reilly3000]

> iMessage lock-in > SMS from desktop solution > Animojis is probably the biggest one

Every so often I am reminded people still use SMS, and by extension, iMessage. I think a combination of being in South East Asia for a long time, and also moving around so much, and both me (and almost everyone I know) uses various messaging apps not tied to a phone number (WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE). I have a British VOIP number where SMS goes through to my email.

I wonder how much longer phone numbers, and, by association, SMS have to live.

[ilikehurdles → peteretep]

iMessage is no more tied to a phone number than WhatsApp

[Karunamon → ilikehurdles]

It’s tied enough that if you leave iPhones and don’t remember to tell Apple to disable iMessage, any iOS user trying to SMS you will not reach you.