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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by pgwhalen »

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 :)

“iPhone-only social networking” has been very successful (amongst my US-based peer group, at least), once you include iMessage - that’s the point. I don’t know much about apple invites, but if it integrates well into iMessaging then this is a very strong play.

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Post by dismalaf »

frizlab wrote: post #108
duxup wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it would be ... I don't use Whatsapp and I don't know many who do. Can I send invites from Whatsapp and get responses from people who don't use it? Honestly I've never received one.

I’m in the EU, don’t use whatsapp but know a sh*tton of people around me do. It annoys me greatly and I truly hope I’ll be able to move them away little by little now that RCS is here.

Annoys you why? Signing up just requires a phone number... It's the least invasive of all the social network type things. Also RCS hasn't been widespread until recently, WhatsApp has been around for over a decade.

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Post by pridkett »

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…

> having one that most people with an iPhone have access to covers much of my friend base

Luckily - you don’t need an iPhone or iCloud account to receive an invite and RSVP to it. Might be harder (or impossible?) to add to photos and music, but you can still get an invite and RSVP to it.

Re: Apple Invites

#194

Post by silisili »

kingnothing wrote: post #33
jbentley1 wrote: post #24

Unless they add some basic functionality to include Android users, this is the evilest use of their walled garden yet.

> anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device.

I'm skeptical of the implementation, given iMessage. I'm sure Android users RSVPs will show up in a green toxic fume cloud or some such.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by Reason077 »

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).

In fact, Apple Invites appears to be a direct response to the popularity of Partiful.

Re: Apple Invites

#196

Post by Synaesthesia »

r00fus wrote: post #171
ASalazarMX wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately you need an iPhone to create the invite, or contribute anything else than a reply. They have to know their uncoolness is tolerated but not welcomed in the walled garden.

Mission Accomplished. iOS is a significantly large enough market that it will have some success for those looking to replace FB/evite. You can say the same thing about FB/Whatsapp or any other social network - you have to be in-network to get the invite even. Looking forward to testing this out for some events.

In the US yeah it is. In the rest of the world, not so much.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by hk1337 »

jbentley1 wrote: post #24

Unless they add some basic functionality to include Android users, this is the evilest use of their walled garden yet.

That's a very pessimistic way to bring that up.

I was thinking similar, except, "I wonder how this works with non-Apple users?". Instead of jumping straight to how evil this is.

Re: Apple Invites

#198

Post by rafram »

yread wrote: post #105
sjacob wrote: post #2

Looks like an Apple version of Partiful?

WTF is this? How do they make money? They have picture of 10+ people as a "team", on their help page https://help.partiful.com/hc/en-us/articles/26526557943067-H... it just says "We offer party add-ons and merch on our online store!" Their online store has like 2 tshirts, stickers, sun glasses and a bag?!

It’s… unclear. Right now their stated business model is explicitly to burn VC cash: https://x.com/partiful/status/1620481353396658176

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by WorldMaker »

frereubu wrote: post #50
pulisse wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device.

But no-one without an Apple Account can create them - you can only respond to Apple-having friends. There is social pressure in that too.

You need a Google Account to use Google Calendar.

Anyone can have an Apple Account whether or not they own an Apple Device.

In this case, too, you can create Invites on icloud.com on non-Apple devices. Including the webpage seems nicely responsive and can probably make them in an Android Chrome tab if you wanted.

The only remaining obstacle is that it isn't a free feature of an Apple Account, but requires an iCloud+ subscription. But that's useful for Apple Music and Apple TV+ and other products, too, many of which work just fine on non-Apple devices as well.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by Invictus0 »

cglan wrote: post #49

I don't see how this competes with partiful. Feels like it'll be another half baked never updated app from apple. I wish they'd open their apis and integrations more. Feels silly that these apps get first class access to apple apis, meanwhile better made apps are forced to do weird workarounds, or simply have no integrations.

They're shipping the org chart: this app is someone's ticket to a promotion.
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