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Do sms/mms received from iMessage users on Android look anything in particular? Because a possible move for Google would be to reject them by default in some fu

Do sms/mms received from iMessage users on Android look anything in particular? Because a possible move for Google would be to reject them by default in some future version (hm hm, "security reasons"). End of "yes you're still in but you look like a cripple" and begin of "this app doesn't allow me to talk to that person, if I want to reach him I need to switch to something that supports Android".

School-Cotton 3y ago
If they tried that in the US basically everyone on android would switch to iOS the next day.
robertoandred 3y ago
iMessage doesn't send SMS/MMS messages.
- kstrauser 3y ago
  Of course it does.
  - meepmorp 3y ago
    iMessage does not send SMS or MMS. SMS messaging is a feature of the mobile network, and they're sent directly from the device to the carrier SMSC without going through Apple's servers. You might be confusing iMessage with Messages. The former is a messaging platform, the latter is an app that can send messages either via iMessage or SMS (assuming a mobile device, or pairing with an iPhone).
MBCook 3y ago
You think it would be a good idea for android to reject all SMSes?
- throw310822 3y ago
  No, obviously not, that's why I specified "if it's possible to tell apart those coming from iMessage".
  - MBCook 3y ago
    It’s not. They don’t come from iMessage. They’re went like any other SMS.
meepmorp 3y ago
SMS is handled by carriers, so google couldn't really block messages from iPhone users specifically. And that's not considering what an incredibly bad move it would be for them if they could somehow reject only iPhone texts.
- throw310822 3y ago
  Do the SMSes come straight from the other users' phones, or are they relayed via some Apple server? > what an incredibly bad move it would be for them I don't see it very different from Apple's choice to degrade arbitrarily the experience of messaging with android users. There are infinitely better alternatives to sms for private messaging, Google could say it's encouraging its users to move on them.
  - meepmorp 3y ago
    From the device to the carrier SMSC. Edit: to respond to your edit Apple is blocking 3rd party access to their own services. Google blocking access to messages delivered via an 3rd party isn't at all the same thing. And the optics of it would be incredibly bad for Google.
    - throw310822 3y ago
      Anyway, look. If I had this issue (I don't since I live in Europe where everyone uses Whatsapp) that's what I would do: I would download an app that blocks SMSes from selected (known) numbers and auto-responds to them with a message like "SMSes from this number are blocked by the receiver - Please contact me on Whatsapp/ Telegram/ Signal".
      - meepmorp 3y ago
        Sure, I guess. Seems like performative outrage, but at least it'd send a signal to people that they should stop talking to you entirely.
        3y ago

School-Cotton 3y ago

If they tried that in the US basically everyone on android would switch to iOS the next day.

robertoandred 3y ago

iMessage doesn't send SMS/MMS messages.

kstrauser 3y ago
Of course it does.
- meepmorp 3y ago
  iMessage does not send SMS or MMS. SMS messaging is a feature of the mobile network, and they're sent directly from the device to the carrier SMSC without going through Apple's servers. You might be confusing iMessage with Messages. The former is a messaging platform, the latter is an app that can send messages either via iMessage or SMS (assuming a mobile device, or pairing with an iPhone).

MBCook 3y ago

You think it would be a good idea for android to reject all SMSes?

throw310822 3y ago
No, obviously not, that's why I specified "if it's possible to tell apart those coming from iMessage".
- MBCook 3y ago
  It’s not. They don’t come from iMessage. They’re went like any other SMS.

meepmorp 3y ago

SMS is handled by carriers, so google couldn't really block messages from iPhone users specifically. And that's not considering what an incredibly bad move it would be for them if they could somehow reject only iPhone texts.

throw310822 3y ago
Do the SMSes come straight from the other users' phones, or are they relayed via some Apple server? > what an incredibly bad move it would be for them I don't see it very different from Apple's choice to degrade arbitrarily the experience of messaging with android users. There are infinitely better alternatives to sms for private messaging, Google could say it's encouraging its users to move on them.
- meepmorp 3y ago
  From the device to the carrier SMSC. Edit: to respond to your edit Apple is blocking 3rd party access to their own services. Google blocking access to messages delivered via an 3rd party isn't at all the same thing. And the optics of it would be incredibly bad for Google.
  - throw310822 3y ago
    Anyway, look. If I had this issue (I don't since I live in Europe where everyone uses Whatsapp) that's what I would do: I would download an app that blocks SMSes from selected (known) numbers and auto-responds to them with a message like "SMSes from this number are blocked by the receiver - Please contact me on Whatsapp/ Telegram/ Signal".
    - meepmorp 3y ago
      Sure, I guess. Seems like performative outrage, but at least it'd send a signal to people that they should stop talking to you entirely.
      - 3y ago