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> WhatsApp also predates iMessage and FaceTime.

I was surprised to find this accurate. Though the lineage for a Mac user would likely include Messages and iChat, which go back further.

iChat: 2002 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat Messages: 2007 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messages_(Apple) iMessage: 2011 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage WhatsApp: 2009 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp



Tidbit: The original iChat had an IPv6 link-local messaging function which worked entirely without Internet access or servers.


There also was an iChat server for Mac OS X Server IIRC.


But those were not mobile services, more like Apple's implementation of ICQ or MSN Messenger.




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