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Apple is adopting RCS, and no, that won't solve the green/blue bubble issue. They'll still distinguish RCS and SMS from iMessage. iMessage is Apple's value-add
by runjake 3y ago
Apple is adopting RCS, and no, that won't solve the green/blue bubble issue. They'll still distinguish RCS and SMS from iMessage.
iMessage is Apple's value-add and has its own app ecosystem, apparently/allegedly true E2E.
*> Personally if it's a business / marketing advantage unless their hand is forced for business reasons they should never change it.*
Yep, that is Apple's intent, according to Apple emails leaked from various court cases.
- dbbk 3y agoTo the vast majority of people though it will solve the problem. Android to iPhone communication will be close enough to the iMessage experience.
- runjake 3y agoYeah, maybe it will make some improvement for Android people, who are the majority of the mobile market. For iPhone users, they'll still be some non-blue bubble people who lack the E2E[1] and tight iMessage app integrations that are popular among iPhone users these days. At least until governments possibly intervene. 1. E2E insofar as not carrier-accessible (unlike RCS), which is a bit of a hot button issue in the US, post-Snowden/PRISM. If carriers have access to RCS payloads or even metadata, they will most definitely harvest it for marketing purposes, as well as ship it off to the US government.