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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by baggachipz »

_mlbt wrote: post #159
jbentley1 wrote: post #24

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

What's preventing Google from competing and making their own better version of this? I don't see where there's anything that Apple is doing here that couldn't be easily replicated by them using their own ecosystem.

Google Invites: Invite your friends!

Google Invites is being discontinued.

Google Party: Invite your friends!

Google Party is being discontinued.

Google Gathering: Invite your friends!

Google Gathering is being discontinued.

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Post by noja »

This doesn’t replace doodle’s choose a date feature: Apple Events is only for when the event already has a fixed date and time.

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Post by earlyriser »

Oh this is great.

I made an app very similar to this (in spirit at least) some years ago and I still think we need more real social like this than social networks.

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Post by Brystephor »

PaulHoule wrote: post #254

Even though "... anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device" I think this being an Apple branded service is going to make this appear exclusionary and will mean some people won't participate even if they could. I see the same risk involved with Apple TV's branding; Apple TV works great on Xbox, on NVIDIA Shield and on PC. I'm sure though there are a lot of people who just decide…

Software engineer here with an android phone. I've never bothered to look into Apple TV because I assumed it'd only be available on Apple devices. Similarly, I saw this post and thought there may be a reason for me to get an iPhone now as I assumed this would be available on apple devices only.

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Post by dkjaudyeqooe »

PaulHoule wrote: post #254

Even though "... anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device" I think this being an Apple branded service is going to make this appear exclusionary and will mean some people won't participate even if they could. I see the same risk involved with Apple TV's branding; Apple TV works great on Xbox, on NVIDIA Shield and on PC. I'm sure though there are a lot of people who just decide…

> I think this being an Apple branded service is going to make this appear exclusionary and will mean some people won't participate even if they could.

Don't you think that's kind of the point? Do you think having green and blue messaging bubbles was unintentional?

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Post by furyofantares »

silisili wrote: post #194
kingnothing wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Did you know that in iMessage, Android user texts are the same color as iOS user messages? It's true.

As the iOS user, it is your own messages that are green or blue depending on whether it was sent using iMessage or SMS. It's useful feedback about whether your message was sent on a reliable channel.

I know it became a whole thing and that Apple has allowed it to remain as such. But it's not really an apt analogy.

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Post by ghaff »

surfpel wrote: post #219
Reason077 wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

My first thought. I’m surprised it’s not everyone’s first thought. Everyone in the bay that I know uses that for parties. Clearly every tech company is aware off the ubiquity of that app at least

And in the Northeast, this is the first time I've even heard of it. (Though I doubt I'm the target market.)

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Post by in_cahoots »

joshuamorton wrote: post #223
r00fus wrote: post #171

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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.

Most social networks don't have a $5-600 buy-in cost though.

I just spent $70 to send out birthday party invites to 40 parents on Evite. The free version sends an invite with ads, links to Amazon, and other tacky stuff. As an iPhone user with two kids switching to iCloud+ is cheaper than the alternatives. And I think many other parents will agree.

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Post by npinsker »

wenc wrote: post #187
ninininino wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

Partiful works but to me it lacks polish. It feels like MySpace when FB first came out.

I'm curious in what way you think so? It's both attractive and easy to use for me.
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