Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoApple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square345fedilinkarrow-up11.87Karrow-down132cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down1·1 year agoThere are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
minus-squaregchap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoPlenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
minus-squarerms1990linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoDon’t forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp
minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFor sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
minus-squarePCH@geddit.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!
minus-squareKptnAutismus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoi can recommend signal
There are a lot of things to hate about Apple, but this I can get behind. Get people using 3rd party messaging apps too! Preferably ones with e2e encryption.
Plenty of people in the UK/Europe use third party apps already, iMessage is certainly less of a big deal than it is in the US.
Don’t forget canada. So many people here use imessage or whatsapp
For sure. I live in Asia, and the Green vs Blue bubble thing that probably only exists in the US is just so mind boggling to me.
I live in germany and I don’t know a single person that uses SMS or iMessage. Almost everyone here uses WhatsApp.
WhatsApp isn’t much better. It’s owned by Meta afterall!
i can recommend signal
Element is on the App Store