Benjamin Stein, CTO of Mobile Commons, published a fairly interesting story on his blog, with a topic that will make some people wonder about Apple's tactics.
Ben begins his story by saying, “Two months ago I changed from iPhone into a Android. I've been an iOS fan since day one, but I just could not deal with iOS7 anymore (although that is a matter for another post). "
Praising his Android experience, he continues, “I got one Verizon MotoX and I could not be happier. "I could change pretty much every app I used and everything was ready and working on Android as well as on my iPhone."
Then he noticed something very strange happening. He hadn't taken them messages κειμένου από πολλούς φίλους του. Μετά προσπάθησε να στείλει ένα μήνυμα κείμενου στον εαυτό του αλλά και στους φίλους του, αλλά θα προέκυπτε το ίδιο problem: SMS was not sent.
When investigating the matter, Ben learned that iOS devices with his friends were still trying to send iMessages to his number, but he was no longer using the iPhone.
She mentioned the problem to Apple trying to get rid of the problem, but in vain. The only solution, Apple said, was to tell all of his contacts using the iPhone to erase the entire SMS conversations with him.
“. The vast majority of the messages I have made over the last three years are group messages with photos of our children. It would be pretty bad if I had to delete 5 years from the history of my messages. But should I also ask my wife, my sister, my best friends, and literally every person I know to delete the history of their messages? You're kidding! ” says Ben indignantly.
"I feel hostage. "There is no solution and it is absurd for Apple to hold my phone number hostage and there is no way I can get it back."
The publication is available at blog.benjaminste.in.
Apple could theoretically fix this flaw in a future update version software, but until then, Ben will be an iOS hostage.
