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Although it is on app stores, iMessage updates happens with the iOS updates itself. It is just there because you can actually remove the Messages app and then r
by elashri 3y ago
Although it is on app stores, iMessage updates happens with the iOS updates itself. It is just there because you can actually remove the Messages app and then re-install it later if you want.
- b112 3y agoIt just happens to be bundled with the OS. Updates come from the app store. Otherwise you'd need to update the entire OS, just for a minor security fix to imesssgae.
- interactivecode 3y agoI mean it's apple, that's not a stretch
- ryanpetrich 3y agoYes, that's right. You need to update the entire OS for a minor security fix to iMessage.
- b112 3y agoBut.. you're serious?! Honestly, I've never used anything in that ecosystem, but.. I'm baffled.
- tikkabhuna 3y agoOS updates on iPhones frequently list new emoji in the release notes. It would be interesting to see what the most mundane reason for an iOS update is.
- frumper 3y agoEmoji are not just iMessage characters.
- pests 3y agoThis is deliberate. It's the carrot. The expectation is users will download for the new emojis and in the process get all their security updates. Before, people would delay updating forever as they would see no noticible benefits and even sometimes decreased performance. Kinda the same reasoning auto updates are on by default and we have the concept of evergreen browsers etc.
- eitally 3y agoIn that way, is it similar to Google bundling various Google 1P apps with AOSP images (not to mention partnership deals with various Android OEMs)?
- lern_too_spel 3y ago> Google bundling various Google 1P apps with AOSP images Huh? The only AOSP images Google produces that I'm aware of are GSIs, which build directly from AOSP and therefore can't have proprietary apps. https://source.android.com/docs/core/tests/vts/gsi#building-gsis https://source.android.com/docs/core/tests/vts/gsi#building-...
- gregoriol 3y agoI don't remember seeing it popping as an update through the App Store ever.
- raverbashing 3y agoThat sounds almost like "IE on Windows" though the fact it can be removed is surprising (Also reminds me of Android messaging nagging me to push RCS messaging - ain't nobody has time for that Mr. Google)
- zilti 3y agoRCS isn't by Google, it's a standard that Apple refuses to support.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoLast I heard, Apple announced (directly to 9to5Mac for some reason) that it will support RCS this year, probably to head off litigation. Google, on the other hand, still doesn't support RCS in Google Voice and has announced no plans to do so.
- zilti 3y agoWhy the hell should Google Voice support it? It's an SMS successor that gets provided by the carriers and is bound to the phone.
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- threeseed 3y ago