Shekarun baya, lokacin da Facebook suka sayi WhatsApp, akwai magana cewa Google ya rasa babbar dama. Wannan taron ne wanda ya bayyana mana a fili cewa irin wannan aikace-aikacen yana da mahimmanci don jan hankalin masu amfani, wani abu da Apple keyi da shi iMessage. Aikace-aikacen da a cikin iOS da macOS kawai ake kira "Saƙonni" babban aikace-aikace ne, tare da maki masu yawa da yawa, amma mara kyau guda ɗaya: ana samunsa ne kawai a cikin yanayin ƙirar apple.
Wannan zai canza anan gaba. Labarin Amnesia ya haɓaka abokin ciniki da sabar da za ta ba mu damar amfani da iMessage akan Windows da Linux. Kari akan haka, sun kuma tabbatar da cewa suna da shirye-shiryen kaddamarda nau'ikan wayoyin hannu, wanda da farko zai iya nuna cewa zai kasance ga Android kuma, mai yiwuwa, sauran tsarin aiki na wayoyi. Amma ba duk abin da yake da ban sha'awa bane kamar yadda yake.
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Matsalar ita ce Zen, wanda shine abin da suka kira abokin ciniki, dole ne ya yi aiki dangane da Mac, kodayake kamfanin ya ba da tabbacin cewa zai iya aiki a kan kowace kwamfutar Apple da ke aiki har yanzu:
Sabar, Zen Bridge, tana aiki daidai a kan tsofaffin tsoffin kwamfyutocin Apple da Mac Minis waɗanda ke tattara ƙura. Don ƙarin tsarin 'girgije', mun kuma sami nasara tare da Macs da aka gani wanda ke gudana akan sabobin Apple na gaske (wanda ba zai karya TOS na Apple ba, iCloud ɗin ku za ta shiga ciki da farin ciki). Wasu masu ba da sabis na VPS suna ba da wannan kuɗi kaɗan kamar $ 12 a wata.
La za a sami farkon sigar jama'a a wannan watan. Wata matsala tare da amfani da Zen ita ce, za ku biya biyan kuɗin da zai kasance tsakanin $ 3 da $ 5, amma kuna iya siyan cikakken sabis ɗin don amfanin $ 10 zuwa $ 15. Idan aka ba duk wannan, dole ne mu tambayi kanmu: Shin ya cancanci hakan?
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Da kyau, kamar yadda a lokuta da yawa, amsar ita ce "ya dogara." A matsayina na mai amfani da na'urori iri daban-daban, gami da dama daga kamfanin Apple, zan iya cewa a'a, ko a'a a kasashe kamar su Spain. A Amurka, ana amfani da iMessage sosai, ana cewa kusan rabin mazaunanta suna da a kalla samfurin Apple, amma ba iri daya bane a duk duniya. A wasu ƙasashe mun dogara ga aikace-aikace kamar WhatsApp, don abokan mu, ko sakon waya, don karin amfani da tattaunawa.
Kodayake na karshen shine ra'ayin edita. Da alama (ba na tsammanin haka da yawa) cewa wasunku za su yi farin ciki musamman da jin wannan labarin. Shin lamarin ku ne?
Aikace-aikace mara amfani gare ni. Ban san wanda ke amfani da shi ba. Kuma ina da abokai da abokan harka wadanda suke amfani da duka Mac da iPhone kuma basa bude wannan kwata-kwata kuma suna bin na gargajiya kamar WhatsApp. Ba zan biya dinari guda ba banda tsada ba.