Flying Squid to [email protected]English • 11 months agoApple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square349fedilinkarrow-up11.81Karrow-down131cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.78Karrow-down1external-linkApple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.www.bbc.comFlying Squid to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square349fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarefalkerie71linkEnglish76•11 months agoThere are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•11 months agoPlenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoDon’t forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp
minus-squarefalkerie71linkEnglish2•11 months agoFor sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoI live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
minus-squarePCHlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoWhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!
There are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
Plenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
Don’t forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp
For sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.
I live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
WhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!
i can recommend signal
Element is on the App Store