Powerful accusation here that since iOS 5 Apple has orchestrated punishment to Apple Deserters with iMessage.
Apple fury over nixed messages
Apple fury over nixed messages
Did Apple deliberately try to undermine Rivials with iMessage?
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Probably true.
Don't forget that Steve Jobs was so mad that Android was 'stealing' his iOS thunder that he publicly swore on his mother's grave that he would "destroy Android" totally.
This iMessage BS is quite obviously part of that project.
jweimn
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Wouldn't be surprised its apple and it's big business so anything is possible. I'd believe its true
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I wouldn't doubt it for a second. Apple mixed imessage and SMS in the first place in a way that defaulted all iOS to iOS messaging to iMessage, regardless of user intention. Then they made it complicated to switch out of it even when the system did work as intended. Now this.
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What I think is funny is I have friends that switched from Apple to Android because their friends with Android couldn't get their messages. I just found out my sister been sending me texts from her Fruit phone that I have never got for the last 2.5 years. When I told her the problem was with Apple she said that enplanes why so many of her friends don't get her texts messages. I am going to e-mail this article to her and I hope she tosses that Fruit phone.
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JohnnyBroccoli
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**** Apple. I did so much **** to try and deactivate iMessages before getting my Nexus. Followed all directions, including calling Apple to have them disassociate me with my iMessages info or whatever. After about a week the problem seemed to be solved....still isn't though. Half year later and I still can't get texts from certain people with iPhone's (regardless of what either of us do). So lame.
I don't know here. I had an iPhone and have resolved my problems. One very important part of this equation is to make sure that you (former iPhone user) have the folks that you are not receiving messages from delete the message thread and start a new message. That along with making sure you disable imessage on the previous phone should solve these issues.
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That is if it works as designed. My point is that you shouldn't have to. There's no reason other than anticompetitive market manipulation to default intended SMS to iMessage format. They could have kept the two separate. The only reason I can think of that they didn't is because it wouldn't lock people into iOS. And no, being able to SMS from tablets or computers isn't it, as apps like MightyText already allow that without platform lockdown.
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I agree. I think that it was deliberate on Apple's part. I had to give up my Note 3 and go back to an iPhone because I couldn't get it resolved completely. I hated having to do that. Not that I didn't love my iPhone, because I do love it. It's the principle, I had to go back because I wasn't getting text messages from very important people I worked with and I wasn't willing to change my number or call every one of them to have settings changed. I heard that this problem was going to be fixed soon. When it is fixed, I'm gone and may be gone for good. So if anyone is looking to buy an iPad Air and iPhone 5S, it will be on the market soon.
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I switched from an iPhone 5 to the Nexus 5, and the imessage mess has been bad enough to almost make me go back. I'm still fighting with it.
I'm the guy who likes to bounce around between devices. I get bored. Apple has almost completely alienated me now thanks to the this mess.
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I'm the guy who likes to bounce around between devices. I get bored. Apple has almost completely alienated me now thanks to the this mess.
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That would be fine if I didn't have a large group of company personnel and clients and friends...etc.
I hate to play the image card, but it looks rather unprofessional, and the fact that Apple made software that requires such an action is unforgivable.
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The odd thing is that Google has integrated Hangouts with SMS and they don't have that issue at all. It would have been really easy for Apple to do the same thing. But instead, they decided to make switching from iOS very difficult. And they shouldn't feel threatened by Android or Samsung. Apple makes a great product, I have always thought so. But this fiasco may make people not want to buy Apple initially.
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Totally agreed. Hangouts even works well on my Mac. Not sure what Apple was trying to do, but I think they lost customers for sure.
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I've always liked Apple products, too, but this has completely turned me off. I've had issues that seem to be FINALLY resolved, and I haven't had an iPhone for about a year and a half.
It'll be a cold day in hell before I go back to Apple.
JohnnyBroccoli
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Dammit. Didn't mean to click the thumbs up. I did all that and still can't get messages from at least one iPhone user.
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Key point... Hangouts is kind of Google version of iMessage, but with one key feature: platform independence.
Google welcome Apple users with open arms and there many Google apps on iOS... How many Apple apps are on Android? Are there any?
Apple needs users to buy their heavily marked up hardware to stay successful. Google just needs users.
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If apple allowed imessage to be used by any os I'd probably still use it. I would probably pay for the app too. When I switched to my N5 it took about 48 hours to work out the apple imessage problem. I still notice if I'm included on group text message from apple users I sometimes don't get the message. Ironically the only thing I really miss about my iPhone is imessage...
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