fwiw I completely agree, RCS is completely dead outside of Google dragging it forward and thats a huge problem, I just don't think the largest company on the pl

fwiw I completely agree, RCS is completely dead outside of Google dragging it forward and thats a huge problem, I just don't think the largest company on the planet shrugging their shoulders and saying "maybe your grandma should buy an iPhone" is acceptable. Their historical position has hurt their own customers, android users, and the standardization process itself. RCS (or a different standard) would be in a completely different place if Apple in their US market leadership position had made an effort. They could open the iMessage spec, they could publish an iMessage app for Android, or they could just contribute in good faith to the standardization process. Their hostility to this particular standardization process (I don't contest that Apple is happy to support many standards efforts, such as USB) is driven by profit to the detriment of pretty much everyone else.