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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by charliesbot »

halostatue wrote: post #314
gioazzi wrote: post #146

If anyone's looking for an open source alternative (and maybe wants to contribute to it) we're working on it here! [1] 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] [1]: https://github.com/gruprsvp/grup . [2]: https://github.…

Looks neat, but I won't use it or recommend it to anyone because it's built with Flutter. I understand your reasons for choosing it, but that does not change that Flutter apps feel completely _wrong_ on any platform except Android, but most especially on iOS/macOS and the web. (This is unsurprising because Flutter is essentially a modern day implementation of Swing complete with personalities, and it's just as incorr…

What a dumb take

gioazzi, great work! Keep making apps that are useful and fun for you. I will definitely recommend your app with my friends

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by taurknaut »

isodev wrote: post #639
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.

I hope this fails too. Apple is the platform, it's not their place to be making social/utility apps. There are plenty of alternatives, if Apple really wanted one, they could have funded an indie effort or literally anything other than making a first party app.

> Apple is the platform, it's not their place to be making social/utility apps.

Google definitely ain't making useful apps, why should apple refrain?

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by [deleted] »

chippiewill wrote: post #441
yumraj wrote: post #437

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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.

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Re: Apple Invites

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Post by squigz »

roddylindsay wrote: post #28

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.

What happens in 10-15 years more, I wonder? Will Apple stay the respectable, trustworthy company they are today?

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bb88 »

satvikpendem wrote: post #624
yapyap wrote: post #621

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Tbf imessage also allows people to message non iOS users but apparently the ‘color of the bubble’ has been a big thing in the U.S. among youth.

> but apparently the ‘color of the bubble’ has been a big thing in the U.S. among youth It's not the color itself that's the problem, it's that having one green user means the entire conversation falls back to SMS and thus photos, videos, etc are all degraded and you can't do more rich messaging things like reactions. This is changing with RCS but it is in Apple's interest to make it a social change rather than just…

Children care. Children also often can't afford the cost of a new iPhone.

Adults don't really give a fuck as I can tell about it.

Adults don't really give a fuck about lots of what children care about.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bushbaba »

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

Tend to agree. Hopefully Google will also offer their own alternative to this. (Free) Online invites just suck these days

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by satvikpendem »

bb88 wrote: post #646
satvikpendem wrote: post #624

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but apparently the ‘color of the bubble’ has been a big thing in the U.S. among youth It's not the color itself that's the problem, it's that having one green user means the entire conversation falls back to SMS and thus photos, videos, etc are all degraded and you can't do more rich messaging things like reactions. This is changing with RCS but it is in Apple's interest to make it a social change rather than just…

Children care. Children also often can't afford the cost of a new iPhone. Adults don't really give a fuck as I can tell about it. Adults don't really give a fuck about lots of what children care about.

Teens generally care, some adults do care too.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by solid_fuel »

sfRattan wrote: post #595
Schiendelman wrote: post #578

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I did professional photography on the side for the better part of a decade before needing to go above 2TB. You don't have to hoard.

I agree on photos, but when I hear "larger media library" I assume we're talking video content, both family videos taken on phones and commercial media (TV and Movies). Maybe I'm misreading but either 200GB or 2TB are both very small for a whole family's collection of video media.

Honestly, most families do not maintain a digital collection of media. And I say that as someone who does. Most families just have a netflix or prime or apple tv subscription, maybe cable. If there's a collection, it's probably DVD or Blu-Ray still.

Re: Apple Invites

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Post by bb88 »

satvikpendem wrote: post #648
bb88 wrote: post #646

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Children care. Children also often can't afford the cost of a new iPhone. Adults don't really give a fuck as I can tell about it. Adults don't really give a fuck about lots of what children care about.

Teens generally care, some adults do care too.

If you care about the color of a chat bubble, you're kind of a child, no?
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