Pro-carrier move by Apple with Yosemite.

Pro-carrier move by Apple with Yosemite.(twitter.com)

1 points by stevoyoung 12 years ago | 3 comments

stevoyoung 12 years ago |

What's your thoughts on this? I think it was a smart move by Apple because the carriers will see an huge increase in SMS and voice activity (which should = more money for them if folks have to increase their plans).

It's also a good move because it shows that Apple isn't set on completely cutting them out of the picture. They could have easily gone the "All FaceTime audio/video" route which cuts the carries out of the equation, except from a data perspective, which is probably the most taxing aspect on a network.

But, what does this mean for Apple? Maybe the carriers will be more willing to play ball with Apple because they are not trying to completely exclude them from the equation?

Someone 12 years ago | |

I don't see how Apple could have gone for a Messages/FaceTime only solution. Even the most fervent Apple fan will have quite a few friends, relatives, or at least contacts who do not have an iPhone or a Mac.

So, they have to support phone calls and SMS, whether they want to or not.

stevoyoung 12 years ago | | |

I think the way they would have gone about with messages/ft alone would have been to continue along their current route. I don't think phone calls and sms messages on your computer was something consumers were banging down the door for. Alternatively, a year from today, I think most people wouldn't be able to "live" with out it.

It's one of those "don't know you love it until you use it" features, like Visual Voicemail. So essentially, I think Apple threw the carriers a bone while making the consumers tied even more to their platform.