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Anyone can use FaceTime now. Non Apple devices will just join via a browser.

• issafram 3y ago
  Which is ridiculous
• illiac786 3y ago
  What? how does that work? If you call the cell number of an Android device on facetime, what happens on the android end?
  • snazz 3y ago
    You text them a link to join the call. The Android user can’t be the one to initiate.
    • illiac786 3y ago
      Oh. Ok that's never going to work. "Hey there please click on this link to talk to me" => Malware! Blocked.
      • simondotau 3y ago
        It’s how many Zoom and Teams calls terminate. Not saying it’s a good idea, but it’s not especially unusual.
        • illiac786 3y ago
          But you don't get zoom links via _SMS_ do you? Almost all links I get via SMS are phishing. The rest is OTP, there is sometimes a link in the same SMS but I _never_ clicked a link in an SMS... My point is, the inhibition to click a link inside an SMS is very high with lots of users, hence I can't imagine this working well. Also, it's purely inconvenient. You're not having a conf call at a previously agreed time, you want to call someone, this means it's spontaneous or somewhat urgent...
          • duskwuff 3y ago
            Most people lead up to an invitation to a video call with text messages (e.g. "When are you free for a video call?") unless they're very familiar with the other party.
      • josephd79 3y ago
        thats how almost all video comm platforms work..
    • kelnos 3y ago
      > The Android user can’t be the one to initiate. That sounds like a bad joke. "Everyone can use Facetime, except if you're on a certain platform you have to ask someone on the 'real' platform to initiate the call." That's... not a viable communication method.
      • simondotau 3y ago
        Nobody is claiming that FaceTime is the singular universal communications method. Certainly not Apple.