• Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Mate, I’ve never once been pressured to use an iPhone in the states. Not sure what any of that has to do with international travel where chat platforms are phone-agnostic. No one using whatsapp cares about my Pixel.

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      5 months ago

      It’s not international travel. I live with my wife in her country. International calling and texting is expensive.

      So I can just get a use an iPhone with iMessage or convince my immediate and extended family and professional contacts to use a different chatting app.

      It’s just easier to use an iPhone.

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        5 months ago

        or convince my immediate and extended family and professional contacts to use a different chatting app.

        I’m sure at least your family will happily just install Signal, WhatsApp or so in order to avoid excessive monetary cost to you. What kind of family wouldn’t?

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            5 months ago

            But imessenger works over the internet. It’s not an SMS service so the carrier has nothing to do with it. im in tons of groupchats with imessenger recipients. never had a problem except with apple purposefully downgrading all media. my phone has wifi calling so I can receive my sms messages anywhere I can get service.