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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by eloisant » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

Jeremy1026 wrote: post #71

maratc wrote: post #52

It's always nice to see some first-party apps from Apple[0], but historically the "iPhone-only social networking" hasn't been very successful — iTunes Ping or Game Center haven't been a huge hit, while group messaging in iMessage has only gained some traction within the US and virtually non-existent almost everywhere else. --- [0] One can even say "first first-party party app" in this case :)

Fortunately you don't need everyone to be on iOS to reply. So you can send your Android using friends invited and they'll just get a weblink.

So that's a green bubble situation. You get a subpar experience, your iPhone friends get a subpar experience from including you, and eventually they'll yell at you "well just get an iPhone already!"

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by lxgr » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

egypturnash wrote: post #98

"Requires iOS 18 or later". Well nobody will be inviting me to any parties with this, I'm still using a 6s.

Invitees can apparently use a webapp to RSVP.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by reader9274 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

Another service offering from Apple, where iCloud+ is required to send invites. They can't be more clear that services are their future.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by dylan604 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

cptcobalt wrote: post #29

duxup wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might be thought of as a bug but I love that the Apple Sports app announces scores for a live game before it hits TV. In this day and age of everyone multitasking ... that's a hell of a great feature to be able to say "guys look!". For a while I was amazing my kids predicting touchdowns, but they caught on ;)

Less latency is a feature , not a bug. We've just grown too used to latency in everything we use.

The lag between OTA broadcast and cable/streaming is insanely bad. We had several screens tuned in to World Cup, and the group watching the OTA broadcast would cheer 15-20 seconds before the cable/streaming screens would. Knowing it exists is one thing, but seeing it in that manner puts it on a whole other level

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by duxup » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

xattt wrote: post #48

I am curious about the potential of this app for community organizing, or if any neutering has taken place in the same way AirDrop was limited during Hong Kong protests in 2020.

There's little to no magic as far as "this app can't be censored by the local government" goes if we're talking about something offered from a private company.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bredren » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

Pretty cool. I created a birthday party invite exactly to modern iPhone portrait size and sent it out over text last year and it was successful.

I suspect Apple has a prioritized list of products that collect personal data that their ecosystem has some of the best potential to disrupt.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by nxobject » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

Just release the damn thing for everyone and take advantage of the halo effect.

Sure, in an age where every social media app tries to do everything – Reels and statuses and DMs – it's nice to see an app trying to do one thing. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have done everything possible to to stymie it. It'll go the way of Game Central.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bilbo0s » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

resource_waste wrote: post #76

Can't wait to see this thread in 60 minutes when the Apple marketers/astroturfers pick a positive organic comment and upvote it to the roof.

Look on the bright side!

You could just as easily see the anti-Apple professional influence campaigns astroturf this thread by upvoting negative organic comments!

Am I right!?!?!?!

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by jillyboel » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

cleverwebble wrote: post #51

I'm in my mid-thirties and most of my friends have ditched Facebook. I didn't really realize this until when I used it to create an event for a house party... I was somewhat surprised that only 2 people out of 15 even saw it. I ended up resorting to good old text message and that worked, but it was tedious. Not sure how popular this will become, but having a social-media-less event invite/broadcasting system would be…

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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by Analemma_ » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

ninininino wrote: post #100

cleverwebble wrote: post #51

I'm in my mid-thirties and most of my friends have ditched Facebook. I didn't really realize this until when I used it to create an event for a house party... I was somewhat surprised that only 2 people out of 15 even saw it. I ended up resorting to good old text message and that worked, but it was tedious. Not sure how popular this will become, but having a social-media-less event invite/broadcasting system would be…

For people in their early 20s to mid 30s in the NYC area, I'm starting to see mass adoption of an app called Partiful for managing social invites and events, it has a lot of nice features for sending invites, RSVP management, sending text blasts out to attendees (you can schedule reminders the day before or whatever).

My social group also uses Partiful. It works great, but it's a little worrying that it's so useful while being free: I can't see how this possibly could make money, so I assume the enshittification is coming any second now.