I don't understand the various Mac references... Is he comparing a phone to someone with a laptop or even desktop (and Apple in particular)?

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llm_nerd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes. He's noting that people with Macs can engage in message exchanges on their Macs. Like I get a message from someone on my phone and if it merits a more considered response I wake my Mac and reply from there.

Obviously other platforms have various integrations with messaging as well, but he obviously is referring to people he knows who happen to have Macs.

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mattlondon 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes was going to say on android I've been using SMS and WhatsApp messages from my computer for years too. Mac, Linux, Windows, Chromebooks all integrate seamlessly and nicely so not sure what the issue is?

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nchmy 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

Moreover, it's largely irrelevant - the topic of the article was using a keyboard without having to drag around a laptop/desktop. If someone replied to a text on their MacBook, they'd have broken that constraint

	▲	llm_nerd 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I honestly do not understand why people get weirdly defensive about stuff like this. Guy offhanded commented on some Mac friends and weird Android users or whatever have to get angry and huffy. The "topic of the article" was that a guy realized that a bluetooth keyboard makes it nicer typing things on his phone. Nowhere did he talking about "without having to drag around" anything, and he incidentally mentioned that he didn't bring a computer. It is utterly bizarre that people get unhinged and mad that he mentioned Macs. But let's be real - for Mac users, integration with messages is free and automatic. For other platforms it simply isn't, and the vast majority of time isn't used at all. If someone is messaging from a computer (on iMessages, SMS, MMS, and now RCS), 99% of the time it's going to be a guy sitting at a Mac just as a lubrication of use. So the next time some random tosser article doesn't mention your pet love, maybe just move on?