misk@sopuli.xyz to Apple@lemmy.world · 7 months agoThere’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually workswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down117cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkThere’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually workswww.theverge.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Apple@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
minus-squaremmmmmsoup@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-27 months ago$2 a month subscription? They want people to pay for this? That’s gonna be a problem for Apple, this is going to get shut down by the end of the week. Edit: seems I was right 😂 https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/08/beeper-mini-imessage-for-android-shutdown/
minus-squareEliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoIf I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs. That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.
minus-squaremmmmmsoup@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoI get why they want to charge money, that’s obvious. But they are charging money for another companies service - that’s not a good business plan. Especially when that other company is one of the largest in the world.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoeven if it was free apple would probably find a way to break it.
$2 a month subscription? They want people to pay for this? That’s gonna be a problem for Apple, this is going to get shut down by the end of the week.
Edit: seems I was right 😂 https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/08/beeper-mini-imessage-for-android-shutdown/
If I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs.
That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.
I get why they want to charge money, that’s obvious. But they are charging money for another companies service - that’s not a good business plan. Especially when that other company is one of the largest in the world.
even if it was free apple would probably find a way to break it.