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>Hopefully the RCS support also fixes the "oops, I bought an Android without turning off the magic parasite SMS replacement and now I'm banned from texting iPho
by tw04 3y ago
>Hopefully the RCS support also fixes the "oops, I bought an Android without turning off the magic parasite SMS replacement and now I'm banned from texting iPhones" problem.
Until RCS has native and mandatory encryption (for both 1-1 and group chats), it's just one more really poor attempt at data mining by all involved. Google claiming they want everyone to be all-in on RCS while simultaneously only supporting encryption through their non-standard extension is a bit of a joke.
Say what you will about Apple, at least they're pretending to care and insisting on it.
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/breaking-apple-will-support-rcs-in-2024 https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/breaking-apple-will-...
>Apple says it won't be supporting any proprietary extensions that seek to add encryption on top of RCS and hopes, instead, to work with the GSM Association to add encryption to the standard.
*Personally I think Apple should just create Messages for Android and charge $5/month or make it a part of their paid icloud offering and just embrace services. I get they want to sell iphones but it feels like they're in a bit of a RIM situation at the moment. You can keep fighting the inevitable but only for so long.
Ironically enough, if RIM had opened up BBM and email a decade earlier they might still be around today.
- AJRF 3y ago> Personally I think Apple should just create Messages for Android and charge $5/month I'd move to Android in a heartbeat if they did this. I think that is the reason why it will never happen.
- tempodox 3y agoSo you're on an iPhone just for the bubbles?
- voakbasda 3y agoI think you are joking, as this is actual reality for many younger people, isn’t it?
- EricHolden12 3y agoBlue vs green bubbles is a subtext of an unspoken class system: iPhone = for rich people Android = for poor people Thus if you’re a teen and you have a green bubble, you are poor.
- cmiles74 3y agoThere are some functional issues as well, my understanding is that group chats in particular are inconsistent for Android members of the group.
- raydev 3y ago> as this is actual reality for many younger people, isn’t it No, teens are mostly using other services like Snapchat, IG, WhatsApp, even TikTok for messaging their friends. iMessage is for communicating with old family members.
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- Jcowell 3y agoNo , or at least it’s not the full picture that this conversation leaves out. iMessage is the just the face of what two iphone users have the ability to do. Your texting, you have a full set of features to communicate with someone without the need to coordinate Do you have X , no Do you have Y. Everyone know’s how to use it because it’s the default. As you talk more you use more of the native features that are also integrated into imessage, I.e Facetime. No need to download and create an account on Zoom and Skype, It’s a tap away. You’re together and you need a way to share info , pictures, videos whatever. Not only can you do this via imessage but you can also do it via airdrop. Nice , instant, and easy. it isn’t just imessage. it’s implicit understand of what it all brings that makes it an option of the American teenager.
- etblg 3y agoHey! Whaddaya know! https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1589450766506692609 https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1589450766506692609
- bestnameever 3y agoI think it is inevitable that Messages is created for Android, for a monthly fee.