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> > Messages.app, not iMessage is the default. > This is semantics and you know it. I think you are arguing in good faith here, but maybe confused. iMessage i
by averageRoyalty 3y ago
> > Messages.app, not iMessage is the default.
> This is semantics and you know it.
I think you are arguing in good faith here, but maybe confused.
iMessage is a system - a protocol and backend for relaying rich messages one to one or one to many.
SMS and MMS are their own systems - following a standard protocol and with backends implemented on a carrier level.
Messages.app is an application on iOS. It is the default (and only available) app for SMS, MMS and iMessage. You can disable iMessage in this app if you choose and it is still a perfectly functional SMS/MMS app.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI'm not confused, I just don't think messages.app being separate from iMessage is relevant. I acknowledge it's technically correct. I was aware messages.app and iMessage are separate things, but I think it's fair to say iMessage is the default preferred communication method. If one iPhone messages another iPhone they will use iMessage, without having to do anything. If an iPhone messages an android, it will try iMessage, realize it can't use it, and fall back to SMS. I think therefore it's fair to say iMessage is the default.