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> Are these iMessage group chat really a thing?

For some, but everyone knows and has the capacity to download WhatsApp.

The root issue is there is a lot of judgment about Android users, hence wanting to restrict chats to iMessage. It’s a signal that you are part of the in group vs out group.

Although, it is objectively convenient to have a group of all iMessage users at events, because any pics/video get shared at high quality with no extra work.

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Walled garden development practices sold under the guise of privacy and security. It's a very tired and old playbook that has real societal damage. So. Tired. Of. It.

There’s a reason why robocalls and spam emails and spam paper mail are a nearly universal thing and iMessage spam is not.

Ironically in the initial beep announcement some people mentionned in the comments that imessage spam was already a thing.

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