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How is this the wrong thread? Apple Invites is exactly like what I was doing with Midjourney a GenAI image generator.
I had a hard time connecting your comment to an event booking app. But I guess you are talking about the Memoji integration?
Unfortunately, I have to hope this doesn't see widespread adoption. If this becomes the standard it will just add to already existing social pressure to get an iPhone in the US.
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It’s based on the new GroupKit API, which sounds like something that would be available to other apps in the future. Otherwise it would just use some private API.
You're being disingenuous, or you're incompetent, if you think Apple isn't going to keep this API in their closed garden.
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.
Unless they add some basic functionality to include Android users, this is the evilest use of their walled garden yet.
The EU needs to regulate this
We actually started before this was announced, and initially it was developed for a somewhat different use case (more focusing on "recurring invites"), but since it was asked a few times, I think we can offer a good alternative with it. [2]
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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.
It still requires people to read a text message. It may as well be delivered via carrier pigeon outside the US.
Brilliant move. The transition of the major social networks over the last 10-15 years -- from being a space for friends to interact to being a space to consume content produced by "unconnected" entities like influencers -- has created a huge opening for someone to claim the friends and family network. There is no one better positioned (at least in the U.S. where iPhones are the majority handset) than Apple.
Unfortunately, I have to hope this doesn't see widespread adoption. If this becomes the standard it will just add to already existing social pressure to get an iPhone in the US.
Im literally sick over the thought of the increased social pressure
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A (for most of the world, in any case) possibly surprising fact about the US is that WhatsApp is not very popular there. This indeed causes problems when wanting to create a quick ad-hoc group for a party invitation etc., if at least one of the invitees is not an iPhone user.
It causes problems if one of the iPhone owners isn't an active iCloud+ subscriber: > Creation of invitations requires an iCloud+ subscription. This isn't about making life easier on people, this is about getting you to subscribe to Apple's services for access to a REST API. Apple gets some benefit of the doubt, but this is literally Slop-as-a-Service.
> Do invitees need to have an Apple device with the app to attend an event?
> Apple Invites is for everyone. Guests don’t need the app, an Apple device, or an account to RSVP to an event.
Source: www.icloud.com/invites