@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoSome Beeper users say Apple banned their Macs from iMessage9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down110
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkSome Beeper users say Apple banned their Macs from iMessage9to5google.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoAlso, at the time, WhatsApp was pretty much the only option. Nowadays, there are a lot of other options.
minus-square@Zak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoA part of it was that they put in the effort to support featurephones. People with smartphones always had other options.
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt was the other way around, the feature phones were funny at the time so not supporting them would have made no sense. And iPhones and Androids had just been launched at the time so there weren’t actually lots of options for them.
Also, at the time, WhatsApp was pretty much the only option. Nowadays, there are a lot of other options.
A part of it was that they put in the effort to support featurephones. People with smartphones always had other options.
It was the other way around, the feature phones were funny at the time so not supporting them would have made no sense. And iPhones and Androids had just been launched at the time so there weren’t actually lots of options for them.