> I think the ideal would be that Apple just support RCS on iPhones (and work with the people who define RCS to fix any perceived deficiencies, if any) and allo

> I think the ideal would be that Apple just support RCS on iPhones (and work with the people who define RCS to fix any perceived deficiencies, if any) and allow iMessage to fade away. I assume RCS is the latest message protocol for phones? Does this support non-phone devices? If not, I’m doubtful Apple will ever do this unless it’s mandated or iMessage use collapses for some reason. Lots of people use iMessage on their Apple laptops or iPads. Apple isn’t going to drop that support to make Android users happy. I find it interesting how often the industry refuses to change until Apple eventually says “fuck it, we can do better” and ships what the industry should have done already. MMS is extremely limited and I never heard anyone seriously discuss improving it until iMessage appeared. Ditto for USB vs lightning.