RIP WhatsApp

[Jchonline]

IPhones do the voicemail text natively. If Signal ever gains appreciably market share, they will be bought out. For the time being it sounds like a decent option.

 

[3930dave]

IPhones do the voicemail text natively. If Signal ever gains appreciably market share, they will be bought out. For the time being it sounds like a decent option.

That's unfortunately the normal cycle...... enjoy while you can. If we have a unicorn here (Moxie is not a fan of big biz, and the original Whatsapp founder should already have enough money to last the rest of his life), then the ride may be a bit longer.

I've never drank the iKoolaid, and after using an ipad at work recently, it just reinforced my disinterest in that closed architecture.

I grok most tech just fine.... part of why these games irritate me. I used to threaten to go back to a basic flip (and may yet), but the latest non-stop rounds of nonsense have me thinking I'll have relatively more privacy using a ham FM repeater . No joke.

Google confirms it uses dummy phone numbers to record calls with local services | The Star

15 Senators Call on FCC and FTC to Investigate How AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Sold Phone Locations to Bounty Hunters - Motherboard

Rgds, D.

 

[Jchonline]

That's unfortunately the normal cycle...... enjoy while you can. If we have a unicorn here (Moxie is not a fan of big biz, and the original Whatsapp founder should already have enough money to last the rest of his life), then the ride may be a bit longer.

I've never drank the iKoolaid, and after using an ipad at work recently, it just reinforced my disinterest in that closed architecture.

I grok most tech just fine.... part of why these games irritate me. I used to threaten to go back to a basic flip (and may yet), but the latest non-stop rounds of nonsense have me thinking I'll have relatively more privacy using a ham FM repeater . No joke.

Google confirms it uses dummy phone numbers to record calls with local services | The Star

15 Senators Call on FCC and FTC to Investigate How AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Sold Phone Locations to Bounty Hunters - Motherboard

Rgds, D.

Google has its own share of closed architecture. Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary | Ars Technica

Google also makes its own hardware/software offerings (Google Pixel phone, etc). I also dislike the inconsistency of app development on Android. The back button is in different places, basic behaviors require learning a new apps method of presenting them. With Apple they make all of that consistent. It is boring, but consistent.

I have both iOS and Android devices and like them both for different reasons. However, dont think Apple is this closed system and Google is open.

 

[3930dave]

I have both iOS and Android devices and like them both for different reasons. However, dont think Apple is this closed system and Google is open.

No, I wouldn't call Google fully Open either. Like many things, shades of gray here..... and, there's plenty that I don't like about what G gets up to.

More accurately put, I view Android as less closed than ios. Yes, in a closed system, it's much easier to attain/maintain consistency - a key strength.

Before the last push update, I had wanted WhatsApp on that ipad at work.... no way to do that directly. (iphone yes, ipad no).

Every Linux and Windoze platform that I've installed AdBlock Plus on has had it work right out of the box, like I want/need it to. There may be work-arounds, but at the moment, I still have ads on that ipad.

So.... 2 simple examples of why I consider that ipad more Closed.....

Rgds, D,

 

[k0ua]

I deleted my FB page about 5 months ago.. don't miss it at all. ..IMO..FB is circling the drain, they are not attracting young users..and their existing base user is aging..and using it less. When it first came out, it was a nice way to say hi to old friends..once it became a litter box for commercial adds, and a political censor for the left.. it wore out its welcome with many.

Amen. I deleted mine about a year ago for the same exact reasons.