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smmnyc | 7 years ago

Apple has disabled group FaceTime on their end. https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

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sakisv|7 years ago

Haven't seen this page before (although admittedly I only have a mac, I don't use any of Apple's other services/devices) but I like how it feels... "Apple".

First of all they convert the time automatically as someone already posted, which is a very welcome surprise.

The second (and most surprising for me) thing was that they only have 2 statuses: "Available" and "Issue". And while most status pages have trained us to expect that the antithetical of green is red that it immediately catches your eye, in this case it is a simple yellow diamond which is much less alarming. I sense the PR department had its saying in how to present service availability issues.

timeimp|7 years ago

Oh damn, they can do it just like that?

I thought FaceTime was a P2P thing... but it appears group FT requires Apple's servers?

_bxg1|7 years ago

Very few communication services are truly P2P; it's way more likely to have syncing issues and is virtually impossible without at least a handshake. Even Signal, which does have syncing issues due to being mostly P2P, requires a server for the initial handshake.

fizx|7 years ago

Each person only uploading one copy of video in a multiparty situation is a huge win for quality on mediocre connections.

saagarjha|7 years ago

IIRC, this was because of a lawsuit with VirnetX.

snuxoll|7 years ago

It never was (or only was for a short period) thanks to patent trolls.

tinus_hn|7 years ago

P2P calls and video calls are patented. I don’t think anyone offers them anymore since the Virnetx cases.

madeofpalk|7 years ago

Even for completely P2P things, you can still have server-driven feature flag, which Apple definitely makes extensive use of.

intsunny|7 years ago

Amazing, a status page that automatically converts to the local timezone.

runeb|7 years ago

It’s showing me ‘AM’ and I’m on a 24 hour clock locale

yreg|7 years ago

The only sane thing to do.

ben174|7 years ago

I wonder how they're going to re-enable it. Can they disable group FaceTime only for people who aren't on the latest iOS version once it's patched?