We don't talk much about it anymore, but the fact that SMS/iMessage/WhatsApp/FB Messages/Signal/Instagram DMs/etc/etc/etc don't work together is a real accessibility issue for #adhd people.
I struggle to keep in touch with people closest to me. Tracking people and conversations across at least 10 different systems is basically impossible for me and many other similarly disabled folks.
This came up for me thinking about the fact that Apple is launching cross-platform Facetime, 10 years after launch. The reason they did this was because Facetime was got destroyed by Zoom in the past year, not for any altruistic reasons.
Meanwhile, iMessage still doesn't work on non-macs, and it certainly doesn't interoperate with WhatsApp or Signal. You know what's more important than privacy for me? The ability to keep in touch with people I care about without a huge burden of shame. #neurodiversesquad
Ultimately, this is another case of companies – mostly run by neurotypical white men in California – making decisions that undermine disabled people for commercial reasons. I'm not sure this goes anywhere, but maybe another angle for @doctorow's advocacy for adversarial interop?
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