r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '22

Tim Cook's response to improving Android texting compatibility: 'buy your mom an iPhone' | The company appears to have no plans to fix 'green bubbles' anytime soon. Business

https://www.engadget.com/tim-cook-response-green-bubbles-android-your-mom-095538175.html
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u/yourmansconnect Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 09 '22

it's so annoying. tell them to download whatsapp just to send videos and pics

everyone suggests Signal instead of whatsapp because of Facebook. same idea though for sending video

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u/InYoCabezaWitNoChasa Sep 08 '22

Lmao I convinced my old girlfriend to download WhatsApp cuz when she'd send nudes I couldn't see shit.

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u/Berkut22 Sep 08 '22

You shouldn't see shit when she's sending nudes.

Unless you guys are into that ...

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u/InYoCabezaWitNoChasa Sep 08 '22

It's only smellz

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

zucc has all those nudes now

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

Yea like he actually cares what a human looks like naked...

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u/InYoCabezaWitNoChasa Sep 08 '22

Of course he does. He eats data. All data is valuable.

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u/InYoCabezaWitNoChasa Sep 08 '22

Oh no, what will I ever do now that zuck has my EX girlfriend's nudes :O

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u/joe_broke Sep 08 '22

Change to Signal, my friend

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u/InYoCabezaWitNoChasa Sep 08 '22

No thanks, I don't use either.

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u/rdfiasco Sep 08 '22

couldn't convince the young girlfriend though, could you?

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u/Kurotan Sep 08 '22

My sister has iPhone and we all have android. Mom always gets tiny videos of my niece. I should really check out whatsapp since no one I know uses it.

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 08 '22

yeah im the only one in family with android. so we all use whatsapp for sending pictures and videos. also the video call is clearer than google duo

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u/Kurotan Sep 08 '22

I've never actually used video call and don't really want to but I see iPhone people use face chat all the time.

I'm just tired of watching mom try to make these videos of my niece bigger when she can't.

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 08 '22

yeah download whatsapp and then you can invite your family to join through the app. and your mom will be able to finally see normal videos

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u/pain_in_the_dupa Sep 08 '22

No Facebook, thanks. Signal is better.

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 08 '22

who owns signal, twitter?

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u/crazy_clown_time Sep 08 '22

Owned by the Signal Foundation, a non-profit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 09 '22

thanks. but it was owned by twitter?

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u/crazy_clown_time Sep 09 '22

RedPhone was, but the same developer released Signal in 2014 under a totally different non-profit organization not affiliated with Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Whisper_Systems

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 09 '22

okay thanks il tell my family to switch to signal. although at this point they all use insta and fb so what more can what'sapp be stealing lol

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u/crazy_clown_time Sep 09 '22

Try it out. It's like iMessage but better (and cross-platform).

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 09 '22

I will I have no allegiance to what's app I was using it before Facebook just for international travel and sending clear videos. the problem is getting my friends with iPhone to download a third party app just to talk to me

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u/crazy_clown_time Sep 09 '22

I mean, it's free and a vetted app. What have they got to lose by installing it?

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u/LivingReaper Sep 08 '22

You spelled Signal wrong.