Idk but that would be the only way it would be something I would consider. But (un?)fortunately, I live in a country where facebook messenger, not iMessage, is the dominating messaging platform.
I don’t even know what the dominant messenger is here in Australia I just tell everyone that if they wanna message me they better be using signal or get ignored. Some get it most don’t. Those that get signal get invites to parties hangouts and responses. Those that don’t get their messages looked at once every 6months when I remember that those apps exist and I could be bothered to swap accounts on my phone.
In the UK most people use Whatsapp regardless of their platform. That has its own issues but thankfully you never hear people talking about blue text bubbles.
I’m in the UK too and the gradual shift to WhatsApp has been a relief considering it used to be WhatsApp, Snapchat, messenger, Instagram, iMessage and twitter about ten years ago, not that anyone did all of them.
It’s a shame it’s meta but it’s so nice that it’s not a huge pile of useless features, just a few.
In my case, I worked for someone who only communicated via iMessage. When I got hired they said, “Either get an iPhone or figure out some magical way to get iMessage on Android.”
I’d respond “If it is required for the job, send me a business phone that has imessage”. I hope that you didn’t subsidize their business expense on your own dime
Server Installation
On the macOS device you’d like to use for the server… And I’m out.
Well I think you can run it on a VM, but yeah, I’m out as well.
Can u have a macos docker image? I don’t see why u couldn’t have such a thing?
Looks like :D
https://docs.bluebubbles.app/server/advanced/macos-virtualization/running-bluebubbles-in-docker-osx
Tutorial for running on a Linux host!
…requires hardware virtualization apparently.
Idk but that would be the only way it would be something I would consider. But (un?)fortunately, I live in a country where facebook messenger, not iMessage, is the dominating messaging platform.
I don’t even know what the dominant messenger is here in Australia I just tell everyone that if they wanna message me they better be using signal or get ignored. Some get it most don’t. Those that get signal get invites to parties hangouts and responses. Those that don’t get their messages looked at once every 6months when I remember that those apps exist and I could be bothered to swap accounts on my phone.
I don’t even understand the purpose. Who the hell cares what colour your texts are?
In the UK most people use Whatsapp regardless of their platform. That has its own issues but thankfully you never hear people talking about blue text bubbles.
I’m in the UK too and the gradual shift to WhatsApp has been a relief considering it used to be WhatsApp, Snapchat, messenger, Instagram, iMessage and twitter about ten years ago, not that anyone did all of them.
It’s a shame it’s meta but it’s so nice that it’s not a huge pile of useless features, just a few.
Young Americans
DOI: 10.3386/w33642
Only those who care about status symbols aka unfortunately almost everyone
Thank god I display my status amongst my peers by rejecting mainstream status symbols. Yay for counterculture being part of the system!
In my case, I worked for someone who only communicated via iMessage. When I got hired they said, “Either get an iPhone or figure out some magical way to get iMessage on Android.”
Abracadabra mfer
That’s some seriously awkward shit. What was the job?
Wish I could say! But many influential people in tech/media/politics are iMessage diehards, and she was no exception
I’d respond “If it is required for the job, send me a business phone that has imessage”. I hope that you didn’t subsidize their business expense on your own dime
Nah, I had them buy me a used Mac Mini for $50. But you’re right: if they made me get an iPhone it would have been on them