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It's because SMS is unencrypted, and this is an effort to have secure communication between iOS users and Android users (since iMessage is Apple-device-only). T
by shrimpx 3y ago
It's because SMS is unencrypted, and this is an effort to have secure communication between iOS users and Android users (since iMessage is Apple-device-only). There's also a status factor, where Android users are lowly "green bubbles" in iMessage, which signals decreased security and questionable support for the interactions available to iMessage users.
Of course everyone can switch to Signal and this is a moot point, but millions of Apple users use iMessage and aren't likely to switch.
- grok25 3y ago> Of course everyone can switch to Signal and this is a moot point, but millions of Apple users use iMessage and aren't likely to switch. Doesn’t this mean that most people simply don’t care?
- shrimpx 3y agoOn the iOS side people don't care, but apparently on the Android side they do?
- jmye 3y agoHow many people really care about encrypted text messages? Most of the time, I’m sending my girlfriend pictures of our dogs. If I cared about encryption, we’d download something else (or use gchat or whatever). This just doesn’t seem like it should be that big a deal.
- shrimpx 3y agoYeah it seems like it's more about "blue bubble" status than it is about encryption.