• Roopappy@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I’ve been on an iPhone for about 3.5 weeks now and iMessage is driving me nuts. It might be the reason I go back to Android.

    1. You cannot use any other apps for SMS messaging on an iPhone. iMessage is the only option.
    2. Unlike Google Messages, it is impossible to use a desktop app to send and receive your text messages… unless you replace all your computers with Macs. Most iPhone users don’t have a Mac, so this is just missing functionality.

    This is dumb. I used that feature constantly. It’s the worst thing about the switch.

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        11 months ago

        When I tried it, the integration was pretty awful. Photos were difficult, and it only showed messages from the current session, not from all time. Searching or replying to a message from yesterday wasn’t possible. Maybe it has gotten better?

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      11 months ago

      Your second point is exactly why I got on the beeper waiting list ages ago. It has been a game changer being able to text from my pc for the last 6 months or so, and I’m hoping it comes back… mine currently isn’t receiving messages.

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        11 months ago

        Beeper on desktop user here for over a year! It’s still working great and I hope it never goes away. I believe it uses a different system than the android version.

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          11 months ago

          I think I’m in that unlucky 5% of users that apple is blocking. Mine quit last week.

          Edit: I should mention that I can still send texts, but receiving is broken and no amount of relinking iCloud account/reinstalling/yelling at the top of my lungs seems to fix it.

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            11 months ago

            Are you using Beeper on desktop? It’s my understanding that they are using Mac Minis somewhere and Apple can’t do anything about that

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      11 months ago

      Beeper on Desktop works for me but it’s a long waitlist. But it still works as of this moment. All my chat apps are linked to it, it’s amazing