9to5Google: iMessage for Android doesn't matter, just use good apps

This is entirely a USA problem. No one in Europe uses iMessage as their primary messaging app.

I really hate that some people I know only use Facebook Messenger, some use Instagram, some use Discord, and some use text.

It's a nightmare when working in groups for uni, so I just email everyone. Email has all the features I like.

Yeah the vast, vast majority of folk use Android, it's Apple that fucked up SMS.

Fuck them, nobody uses SMS for that reason, let Apple sort it out, or be forced to by the EU again lol

The elephant in the room, of course, is that this is literally only a problem in the United States. Everywhere else in the world, folks are totally fine using messaging apps. WhatsApp is pretty popular worldwide, and there are regional favorites too. But, the point is, it’s only in the States that people seem to be against this idea. The answer for why is very much up for debate, but the conversation is, at this point, just getting exhausting.

Can confirm, as a Brit. We probably would have a sardonic explanation for why only people in the States are against using other messengers too...

I still really miss Google Hangouts. It was integrated with Gmail as a web interface. The web and mobile app synced perfectly. You could use SMS/MMS, or chat, seamlessly in the same interface. Contacts worked correctly. SMS and chat history saved to Gmail so all the text was searchable. It was AMAZING and Google killed it for no reason, only to later replace it with inferior options.

Edit: oh yeah, you could also make phone calls, or group voice and video calls using the same app/web interface.

tell that to everyone i know

I want to use good apps, but my family members don't. I can't just avoid my family.

I'm not even gonna read the article because the title is ridiculous. You can use whatever messaging app you want but it's completely useless if the people you want to talk to aren't also using that app and is it that way almost exclusively because of Apple and their users.

What is wrong with simply texting? If anyone tells me I need to get a specific app to message them, then I won't be messaging them.