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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by chippiewill »

yumraj wrote: post #437
lordofgibbons wrote: post #362

I really hope this fails. Apple will use it's dominant position to create lock in like how they did with iMessage instead of cooperating with other platforms on a common standard. Oder friends and family are surprised when they want to video call over Facetime and find it hard to believe other people's phones don't have Apple apps.

But isn’t that the same when people and schools create effing Facebook groups and events or whatever they are called and find it hard to believe that people don’t use that crap. Or create WhatsApp groups and communities and so on and on.

Yes, but at least those don't have hardware lock-in.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by CoryAlexMartin »

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).

Meetup has become the worst service I use, bar none. They pretty much doubled our group fees from $200 a year to $400 a year, then started putting giant banner ads at the top of all of our member emails, then started locking essential features (like seeing RSVP lists) behind a member-level membership and started begging our members to give them money directly.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bruhwut »

lordofgibbons wrote: post #362

I really hope this fails. Apple will use it's dominant position to create lock in like how they did with iMessage instead of cooperating with other platforms on a common standard. Oder friends and family are surprised when they want to video call over Facetime and find it hard to believe other people's phones don't have Apple apps.

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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by numpad0 »

The link doesn't mention payment collection features but obviously that'll be one of next steps. Congrats, now the famous App Store moderation teams moderates and limits people's income.

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Post by dmitrygr »

n0rdy wrote: post #405

I have 2 conflicting feelings about this: - I'm glad to see this, as it might be an easily accessible alternative to Facebook events, which I tend to miss as I'm checking my FB only once in a while - on the other hand, each new Apple release adds apps that might kill some small start-ups that are offering similar services for the small fee. Having a free alternative on your phone out of the box with most of your cont…

To point 2: who cares? As a consumer I prefer (1) a team that will not run out of money and sell my data and (2) a free service built-in and well integrated, and (3) not yet another subscription to forget to cancel

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by jxdxbx »

talldayo wrote: post #359
canucker2016 wrote: post #357

I think some demographic info can be useful in judging the potential uptake. Apple iPhone ownership amongst USA teens: 2024: 87% 2019: 83% 2014: 67% https://www.iclarified.com/95177/87-of-us-teens-own-iphones-... https://www.pipersandler.com/news/piper-jaffray-completes-se... https://www.pipersandler.com/news/different-new-cool-accordi... Smartphone marketshare for iPhone in various countries: 65%: Norway 59%: Sweden…

> Creation of invitations requires an iCloud+ subscription. I really wonder what the uptake is on iCloud+ subscriptions.

I switched to iCloud for my personal email once it supported personal domains (switched from Fastmail). It’s all I need really. Work is Gmail of course, with its annoying-in-retrospect tagging system instead of folders, which causes havoc with traditional mail apps.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by spandrew »

I, for one, welcome our new Apple overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by echoangle »

billbrown wrote: post #184
darknavi wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hoping they can figure out a funding model before this space becomes very crowded with many people ditching Facebook.

They have! https://help.partiful.com/hc/en-us/articles/26526557943067-H...

And the merch store is funding multiple developers? Zero chance they’re currently making a profit from that.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by crazygringo »

sithadmin wrote: post #393
pbronez wrote: post #385

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Guests can view and respond to an invitation using the new iPhone app or on the web without needing an iCloud+ subscription or an Apple Account.

If it's anything like the web version of Facetime, it's not gonna be a great experience for non-iOS users.

I have a hard time seeing how an invites app is going to be limited technologically. It's not complicated.

Video calling is orders of magnitude more complicated.

They're not really comparable.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by jxdxbx »

echelon wrote: post #334
svnt wrote: post #325

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it funded? That is your answer.

Not everything is in the position or can afford to transitionally tax the whole of the internet itself like big tech. You're paying for Apple Invites whether you realize it or not. There's immense value in making their platform more sticky. In a few years you'll read articles about uncool Android kids not getting invited to parties. And that's your answer. One of these behaviors is way more insidious.

I mean, you can invite anyone. it’s not limited to apple device invitees.
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