misk@sopuli.xyz to Apple@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThere’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually workswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down111
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minus-squaremmmmmsoup@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years ago$2 a month subscription? They want people to pay for this? That’s gonna be a problem for Apple, this is going to get shut down by the end of the week.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoeven if it was free apple would probably find a way to break it.
minus-squareEliasChao@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoIf I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs. That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.
minus-squaremmmmmsoup@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI get why they want to charge money, that’s obvious. But they are charging money for another companies service - that’s not a good business plan. Especially when that other company is one of the largest in the world.
$2 a month subscription? They want people to pay for this? That’s gonna be a problem for Apple, this is going to get shut down by the end of the week.
even if it was free apple would probably find a way to break it.
If I understand correctly, there’s some server usage implicated in the delivering of notifications, so it makes sense that it costs.
That and the fact that it’s a for-profit company expecting to be paid for their product.
I get why they want to charge money, that’s obvious. But they are charging money for another companies service - that’s not a good business plan. Especially when that other company is one of the largest in the world.