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  • Re: =?utf-8?Q?Microsoft=E2=80=99s_Phone_Link_app_now_lets_you_us?= =?ut

    From nospam@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Wed Mar 1 11:43:13 2023
    In article <xn0nytu5i8xc17000@reader443.eternal-september.org>,
    badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

    Makes no sense considering WhatsApp finally allowed their client on
    Windows with those functions enabled. I guess Apple doesn't want to
    let go of the most important features of Messages lest people deciding
    they don't need an iPhone or iPad anymore.

    a less conspiratorial possibility is that microsoft has chosen to not
    implement certain features for version 1.

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  • From badgolferman@21:1/5 to Joerg Lorenz on Wed Mar 1 16:31:13 2023
    Joerg Lorenz wrote:

    Am 01.03.23 um 15:30 schrieb nospam:
    In article <ttnm0j$1flc7$1@solani.org>, Joerg Lorenz
    <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

    Microsoft is bringing access to iMessage on Windows through
    its Phone Link app.

    but what about those walls people keep saying exist?

    But the value of this $Microsoft$-app is extremely limited.
    Almost no relevant features.

    imessage on windows is an extremely relevant and very useful. it's
    something mac users have had all along and now windows users can
    benefit from it too.

    No it is not.
    No group chats and no pictures?
    Useless.

    Makes no sense considering WhatsApp finally allowed their client on
    Windows with those functions enabled. I guess Apple doesn't want to
    let go of the most important features of Messages lest people deciding
    they don't need an iPhone or iPad anymore.

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  • From badgolferman@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Thu Mar 2 11:59:23 2023
    Jolly Roger wrote:

    What makes you think Apple is to blame rather than Microsoft?

    Are you serious?

    It's a simple question.

    Let's imagine how that conversation went...

    Microsoft: "We'd like to integrate your iMessages into our Phone Link
    app so people who own iPhones and Windows computers will have another
    way to communicate with people."

    Apple: "We thought you'd never ask! Here, take the whole thing. We
    insist!"

    Microsoft: "No thanks. We were actually thinking of making it
    severely crippled by removing functionality such as group chats, MMS,
    etc. You know, we don't really want people to use it. After all, we
    want them to start using the Windows Phone again."


    If you really think Microsoft wanted a severely crippled Messages
    integration then everything Arlen says about you is really true...

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