On: Apple’s all-new iCloud for Windows app, now available in the Microsoft Store

[jasonhansel]

Dear Apple: please make an iMessage client for Windows/Linux/web users. I find it really inconvenient that, unlike other iCloud services, I can't get to my iMessages from my other devices.

[dgzl → jasonhansel]

Isn't there a running joke about iMessage users talking trash about messaging people with green text?

[ct0 → dgzl]

Its not a joke, this is a "serious concern" of youth these days. I've received comments about anxiety just chatting with an android/other phone user.

[dgzl → ct0]

I was being facetious. I know women who have real superiority disorders with iPhone vs. Android, and I know plenty of tech nerd guys with the same disorder.

[pronoiac → jasonhansel]

Would that be a spam vector, though?

[joenot443 → pronoiac]

Maybe. But I think if it required an iMessage account with an authenticated iPhone, it wouldn't be much of a problem.

Still not a perfect solution, but AFAIK, it's also possible to pass iMessage authentication with a hackintosh. So the same spam vector is technically still open, albeit with a bit more work.

[Wowfunhappy → joenot443]

> Possible to pass iMessage authentication with a hackintosh

Hackintosh user here, you can get iMessage working but it takes some effort. You have to choose a serial number that seems plausible to Apple given other information, and then also hope you get a bit lucky.

I really don't think this would be a useful outlet for a spammer trying to set up iMessage accounts en messe.

[jasonhansel → pronoiac]

There's already an OSX version though.

[compuguy → jasonhansel]

Might as well make an Android app for iMessage while were at it (I doubt it will ever happen though).