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I think it implies a Linux desktop client could also be created.
by jjtheblunt 2y ago
I think it implies a Linux desktop client could also be created.
- zshrc 2y agoHow the heck does the statement imply that?
- jjtheblunt 2y agoThe parent comment guesses they were avoiding saying Android, but, in analogy with imessage availability on both macos/ios, there's linux/android. But, yes, when I wrote "I think" i can't claim that's what they meant, just that's my reading of it.
- bastawhiz 2y agoHow many Linux desktops send text messages?
- int_19h 2y agoDepends on how broadly you define "text message". But if we treat iMessage as such, why not e.g. Signal?
- bastawhiz 2y ago"Text message" meaning "sends sms". RCS is (for all intents and purposes) an upgrade to SMS. How many Linux desktops have a phone number and a SIM card (or equivalent)? Signal made the design choice to require a phone number to operate. Just as with Google Messages, Whatsapp, telegram, and most others, the desktop application for Signal requires you to auth via the app on your phone, which is authed to the network via your phone number. iMessage is tied to an Apple ID and doesn't require you to have a phone at all.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoI think that because macos desktops can route messages through the imessages app, not that it already is implemented for Linux today.