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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by karaterobot » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 9:59 PM UTC

dkjaudyeqooe wrote: post #275

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?

Yes it was intentional, but this is a different case. If a meaningful percentage of people don't think they can attend an event because they don't own an iPhone, that's a big problem for adoption of this product. Whether that will happen or not, I have no idea, but I think that's what the person you responded to was saying.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by ghaff » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 9:59 PM UTC

stevage wrote: post #304

pkamb wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Apple already has claimed the "friends and family network" via iMessage. Did Facebook go to a groups/influencer algorithm by choice or is it the result of IRL friend posters all moving to private chats once everyone got iPhones?

Nobody I know uses iMessage.

In the US, using iMessage involves flipping a switch in some Messages setting--and everyone I know in the US just texts, except for texting with international folks.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by slt2021 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC

boringg wrote: post #238

happyopossum wrote: post #222

My wife is in a position (board chair for a co-op) that results in her sending out a lot of invites to events. Evite has kinda been the go-to in her social/co-op group for ages, but man it suuuuuuucks these days. Ads everywhere, annoying patterns, and lacks a bunch of nice features that this seems to have. Very happy to see this

Evite was hot for awhile - totally gone downhill. Same as meetups. Tough to make those things as paid businesses which is probably necessary to keep them operating well (or at least take VC money and try and make a return).

I see people using Luma everywhere these days

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by thewebguyd » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:00 PM UTC

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #166

_mlbt wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 would stuff it full of adverts and tracking. For that reason it wouldn’t be better.

Don't forget rename it a few times, add a messenger into it, then kill it.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by svnt » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:02 PM UTC

nostromo wrote: post #317

happyopossum wrote: post #222

My wife is in a position (board chair for a co-op) that results in her sending out a lot of invites to events. Evite has kinda been the go-to in her social/co-op group for ages, but man it suuuuuuucks these days. Ads everywhere, annoying patterns, and lacks a bunch of nice features that this seems to have. Very happy to see this

I organize a lot of events for a rugby team, and our events are now all on Partiful. Maybe it'll go downhill like Evite and Facebook Events - but for now it's quite good.

How is it funded? That is your answer.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by kubav027 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC

I do not get it. Do you really need an app for that? Are your family and friends so disconnected? I would sent email and made a phone call to the rest not heaving email. But I am not from US so it might be the difference.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by echelon » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC

happyopossum wrote: post #222

My wife is in a position (board chair for a co-op) that results in her sending out a lot of invites to events. Evite has kinda been the go-to in her social/co-op group for ages, but man it suuuuuuucks these days. Ads everywhere, annoying patterns, and lacks a bunch of nice features that this seems to have. Very happy to see this

Luma and Partiful are really good.

This Apple thing is going to turn into a "green text" social signalling thing all over again. If you have an Android, you won't be invited.

More scummy Apple social engineering bullshit. Kids that already hate on those having Android colored text bubbles are going to bully each other even more. And of course kids need the latest iPhone, too.

Apple is playing into this brilliantly and it's disgusting.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by jbl0ndie » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:04 PM UTC

Brystephor wrote: post #274

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.

It's pretty good on Chromecast, though some of the media player design patterns don't quite translate to non-apple.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by websap » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:06 PM UTC

Imagine your kid not getting invited to birthday parties because they or you don't use an iPhone. Apple knows what it's doing and shareholders are gonna love it!

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by WXLCKNO » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:06 PM UTC

websap wrote: post #329

Imagine your kid not getting invited to birthday parties because they or you don't use an iPhone. Apple knows what it's doing and shareholders are gonna love it!

Imagine not reading the article