Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring iMessage support to Win

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Post by john58 » Thu, May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM UTC

Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to bring iMessage support to Win
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Post by platinumrad » Thu, May 10, 2018, 10:49 PM UTC

Do yourself a favor and skip the comment section or you'll see where the "technologically illiterate yet happy to pontificate apple fanboy" stereotype comes.

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Post by wilsonnb » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:02 AM UTC

Yeah I see no reason why Apple would want to do that. Which is probably why Microsoft said they would like to do it.

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Post by jacksmith21006 » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:16 AM UTC

Never happen.

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Post by r32a_ » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:19 AM UTC

It will never happen, iMessage is one of the network effects of Apple/iPhone ecosystem.

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Post by dawnerd » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:19 AM UTC

jacksmith21006 wrote: post #4

Never happen.

Didn't stop them from bringing itunes or icloud. I've just found it weird apple hasn't had a web version at least.

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Post by ergomarky » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

r32a_ wrote: post #5

It will never happen, iMessage is one of the network effects of Apple/iPhone ecosystem.

This would still encourage people to buy iPhones though, it's just a bridge between Your Phone (the app on Windows in question) and your iPhone so you can reply to (i)Messages on windows as you do a Mac.

Don't really see why they would be vehemently against this.

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Post by bitwize » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:32 AM UTC

Well, Apple has a port of all of OS X above the Unix layer to NT lying around somewhere. iMessage should be a relative doddle to bring to Windows.

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Post by booleandilemma » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:33 AM UTC

r32a_ wrote: post #5

It will never happen, iMessage is one of the network effects of Apple/iPhone ecosystem.

Couldn’t you say the same about Microsoft Office? And yet it’s on Apple computers.

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Post by threeseed » Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:33 AM UTC

ergomarky wrote: post #7

r32a_ wrote: post #5

It will never happen, iMessage is one of the network effects of Apple/iPhone ecosystem.

This would still encourage people to buy iPhones though, it's just a bridge between Your Phone (the app on Windows in question) and your iPhone so you can reply to (i)Messages on windows as you do a Mac. Don't really see why they would be vehemently against this.

Apple makes a lot more money from Macs than iPhones.

And along with Continuity is a key pillar of the "Apple products work better together" marketing message.