"With Apple Invites, users can create and easily share invitations, RSVP, contribute to Shared Albums, and engage with Apple Music playlists." Correct me if I'm wrong: - create & share invitations: must have iCloud+ -…
> But only 12.5% of Internet users can seem ‘em. All of ‘em Apple users. That's a positive for Apple. "Why can't I view the new family pics?" "Oh mom you need to get an iPhone for that"
iMessage is competing unfairly, as the default, pre-installed, SMS-integrated app on iOS. Being hardware-attested and limited to the dominant US smartphone OS exacerbates this. Most other countries are using some other…
Fair enough, agreed that social groups dominate the dynamic more-so (e.g. any country other than US). But being the default, pre-installed, and only app with SMS integration on iOS is an unfair position to compete from,…
You literally cannot install another default messaging app on iOS with SMS integration. There are no OEM partners to speak of on iOS. If iOS reaches 90%+ market share, why shouldn't it be treated the same as Microsoft?
Apple ships iMessage in the default messaging app. A large portion users are probably unaware what "iMessage" even is, just that blue bubbles are "better." Microsoft got dinged for shipping IE by default, and so should…
This exists on Android Gboard, though it's hidden in some menus by default. [0] [0] https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-v6-2-adds-cursor-contr... (2017)
One of my favorite YouTube videos on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4 Key point: airlines are more powerful than normal banks - they are central banks, with complete control of the money (point)…
Airlines are more accurately "central banks" than traditional banks — they control the money/point supply directly.
I mean conceptually this is just VUSXX (with a lower interest rate probably), but you can buy something online with it through a PayPal checkout page, or send it to a friend through the PayPal app, or send it across…
Yes, I would say so. Advantages are liquidity & ease of transfers (both within custodians like PayPal, and on public blockchains).
Point taken. But since it's short-term, as long as they delay deposits for a short time period, there is no problem. Comparison with bank deposits: Consider March this year, when Circle-issued USDC stablecoin had a…
Fiat-backed stablecoins have one of the most reliable business models out there: collect money from depositors, buy short-term treasuries with rate X, and distribute interest to holders at rate Y < X (usually Y=0).…
"With Apple Invites, users can create and easily share invitations, RSVP, contribute to Shared Albums, and engage with Apple Music playlists." Correct me if I'm wrong: - create & share invitations: must have iCloud+ -…
> But only 12.5% of Internet users can seem ‘em. All of ‘em Apple users. That's a positive for Apple. "Why can't I view the new family pics?" "Oh mom you need to get an iPhone for that"
iMessage is competing unfairly, as the default, pre-installed, SMS-integrated app on iOS. Being hardware-attested and limited to the dominant US smartphone OS exacerbates this. Most other countries are using some other…
Fair enough, agreed that social groups dominate the dynamic more-so (e.g. any country other than US). But being the default, pre-installed, and only app with SMS integration on iOS is an unfair position to compete from,…
You literally cannot install another default messaging app on iOS with SMS integration. There are no OEM partners to speak of on iOS. If iOS reaches 90%+ market share, why shouldn't it be treated the same as Microsoft?
Apple ships iMessage in the default messaging app. A large portion users are probably unaware what "iMessage" even is, just that blue bubbles are "better." Microsoft got dinged for shipping IE by default, and so should…
This exists on Android Gboard, though it's hidden in some menus by default. [0] [0] https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-v6-2-adds-cursor-contr... (2017)
One of my favorite YouTube videos on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4 Key point: airlines are more powerful than normal banks - they are central banks, with complete control of the money (point)…
Airlines are more accurately "central banks" than traditional banks — they control the money/point supply directly.
I mean conceptually this is just VUSXX (with a lower interest rate probably), but you can buy something online with it through a PayPal checkout page, or send it to a friend through the PayPal app, or send it across…
Yes, I would say so. Advantages are liquidity & ease of transfers (both within custodians like PayPal, and on public blockchains).
Point taken. But since it's short-term, as long as they delay deposits for a short time period, there is no problem. Comparison with bank deposits: Consider March this year, when Circle-issued USDC stablecoin had a…
Fiat-backed stablecoins have one of the most reliable business models out there: collect money from depositors, buy short-term treasuries with rate X, and distribute interest to holders at rate Y < X (usually Y=0).…