Comment by baq
2 years ago
It isn't about you, it's about me who can't install iMessage on an Andorid phone or a Linux desktop and participate in your group chats in reasonable capacity.
2 years ago
It isn't about you, it's about me who can't install iMessage on an Andorid phone or a Linux desktop and participate in your group chats in reasonable capacity.
One question: Who owns iMessage? Who pays to run the servers? Who pays for the bandwidth?
Do you allow your neighbors to use your yard and driveway that you pay for?
I postulate people would gladly pay a cup of coffee's worth for a first party app and/or subscription. Certainly easier than shelling out a few hundred bucks for an iDevice.
That’s kind of what I think. Make an iCloud subscription tier that includes access to messages and then include it in the web-browser version of iCloud and make an Android app for messages. I can’t imagine it would have to cost much more than $10-$15.
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If I had billions of dollars and a yard the size of a small country I probably wouldn't mind...
> Who pays to run the servers? Who pays for the bandwidth?
I f%$@ing do. I paid when I bought an iPhone, Mac and iPad.
And even if it’s not enough - provide it as a service for a fee.