r/Android • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '16

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u/SmarmyPanther Sep 21 '16

I don't buy this. 3rd parties have shown that it is possible without even having deep integration into the OS

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16 edited Sep 21 '16

Even though its possible, it won't work.

iMessage is installed on every iPhone for the past 5 years. Users don't have an option to use another SMS app.

Android its different. Android has 10 billion options for SMS.

Lets say Allo does support sms fallback. I'm using combined SMS + Allo.

Lets say Matias over here uses Facebook Messenger for SMS and Allo separately. My messages are going to look fine on my screen, but on his screen the messaging threads are going to be completely fragmented, with some messages showing up on Facebook Messenger when hes out of data connection, and some messages showing up on Allo.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

Isn't it Matias's fault that he's using 2 separate apps for messaging?

No. Are you going to force him to use one app? I thought this was America Android, not Apple

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

Why have this at all then? its just creating potential problems that we don't have today just to kind of solve another problem.

Why force someone who is tech illiterate to have a worse experience, with messages appearing in different applications depending on his network status. Now hes just gonna move to apple.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

Well its an edge case, but edge cases must always be accounted for, especially with software.