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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 w
by 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 agoDo 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 agoFrom 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 agoAnyway, 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 agoSure, I guess. Seems like performative outrage, but at least it'd send a signal to people that they should stop talking to you entirely.
- throw310822 3y agoMore like "educating people to care". And if they don't, yes, there's no point in talking.
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