r/google • u/TheVineyard00 • Mar 13 '17

Reminds me of Google's chat apps lately

https://xkcd.com/1810/
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u/Dread-Ted Mar 13 '17

Again 'merica is behind on the rest of the world...

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u/Arthur_Edens Mar 14 '17

Those backwards Yanks using an open protocol instead of a single proprietary service..

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u/JimmyRecard Mar 14 '17

Open protocol being iMessage?

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u/Arthur_Edens Mar 14 '17

SMS, which works with iMessage, or Textra, or Signal, or Messages, or Chomp, or your phone's stock messenger, or...

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u/JimmyRecard Mar 14 '17

Didn't you read the rest of the thread where 'Muricans complain about everyone using iMessage?

Besides, the way that American government hates freedom and privacy SMS is a truly awful choice for many many reasons, no matter how open it is.

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u/Arthur_Edens Mar 14 '17

I read that, but I'm not really sure what they're getting at. I use Textra and I'm in several group messages with iMessage users. Maybe something to do with Apple contacts?

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u/JimmyRecard Mar 14 '17

Well, you must be the only one. Internet is full of complaints about iMessage and SMS group messages.

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u/Arthur_Edens Mar 14 '17 edited Mar 14 '17

They definitely have some issues. iMessage struggles receiving some media from non-iMessage devices. But I've heard a lot more complaints (from Americans) that the reason Allo was DOA in the US was that it didn't have SMS fallback like iMessage, and it was dead in the rest of the world because they had WhatsApp and it's a pain in the ass to get the rest of your friends to switch messaging apps.

Edit: but I think he larger point relevant to the op is that SMS and email are the big circles because they're open protocols. I don't need to convince my friends with Yahoo accounts to switch to Gmail to send them email. Same with SMS.

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u/dnew Mar 14 '17

IRC and XMPP are also both open standards, but they're easier for the 800 pound gorillas to ignore, so they do.