My only regret is that the main alternatives to iMessage are operated by Google and Meta.
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Given that the Google Messages app on iOS lacks support for the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol, maybe it’s just infinitely difficult to implement. I mean, if it were easy, surely Google would have added it to their Messages app on iOS…
Omg. This really is a cult. Might have to take a break from Apple stuff for a while.
My main question is specifically about the green bubbles. Apple intentionally uses a non-WCAG compliant, inaccessible contrast ratio between font color and background for them. Is this to make things especially bad for people with disabilities affecting their vision who happen to know people who use Android?
While I agree that Google is infamous for shutting down their apps/services, this is not something Google can fix themselves. iMessage is a closed standard and only works with Apple devices, they can't just add support for it.
Again, not Google's fault. Apple doesn't allow third party SMS apps. Even if an RCS-only app was technically possible to implement, chances are it would get rejected by App Review.
Text? Not sent a text / SMS for years.
Everyone I know uses WhatsApp for messaging. Secure, and cross-platform.
Except that android will parse the message and show it as an emoji, which means if you are on an iPhone, in a group message with "green bubbles" and another iMessage user "thumbs up" a message, android will see it correctly, but iPhone users get the horrible "spam" from another iMessage user.
I don't even know what that is, so nope, not the only one. But from context in this thread, I guess it's some way to respond to a message with an emoji that sticks to the original message? It doesn't seem like an Earth-shattering feature that would cause me to stop sending messages to Android wielding friends...
... then again, I still say 'application'. So I'm a crotchety old luddite who probably just doesn't "get" it.
Honestly, I would rather them do that. Between Apple bringing iMessage to Android or them adopting RCS into the iPhone, I would much much rather them make iMessage for Android.
Hope the EU will save us from Apple's stubbornness
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It's so weird to me when people fanboy and rush to defend Apple on stupid **** like this. Just implement RCS FFS. Android phones are the vast majority (~70%) of users in the world so it be nice to properly communicate with them.
It's Apple being this stubborn that has made us suffer through some terrible design decisions far longer than we needed to over the years (lightning, butterfly keyboard, port-less MacBook).
It's Apple being this stubborn that has made us suffer through some terrible design decisions far longer than we needed to over the years (lightning, butterfly keyboard, port-less MacBook).
As a fan of using allegory, this is so well thought 🤣
Clean up your own house google:
appleinsider.com
Google is practically begging Apple to adopt RCS, but still isn't all-in itself | AppleInsider
In the middle of a push by Google to make Apple adopt the RCS messaging standard, a Google executive admits it's been a messy and incomplete process.
This is kind of the way for me. If I speak with an Android user, it’ll have to be through Telegram, Signal, or in its defect WhatsApp. No SMS.
I have to wonder what his definition of "not highly requested" is? 1,000 people asking for it? 1 million? 1% of users, 30%? Plus, how many people know the difference between SMS, MMS, RCS, and even if they did, how many of the people whom want it actually know how to request it? I've seen quite a few people in charge say "Oh, these people don't want/need this," but never really ask them. The CEOs, managers, etc. are so detached from the end users, they don't know, much less appreciate, what the end users need.
Android tries so hard.
Bless their lil hearts.
Bless their lil hearts.
I really wish Apple would just work with Google on RCS... I am constantly getting "message failed to send" anymore on iOS 16 / 14PM. Idk if it's the phone, the OS, or what but I am fairly certain it's not Verizon as this wasn't happening before this much on an 11PM.
In group messages, if another iPhone user likes a messages sent by someone, I still get the text saying someone reacted.Thats what I was responding to.
Remember when Chrome was trying to shake up Internet Explorer’s bastardized version of “standards”? Now Chrome has bastardized its own version of “standards” through typical Google bullying tactics.
It’s the same thing here. Google added some of their sauce to RCS and they want Apple to support their technology.
Who is still sending SMS? Everyone I know uses WhatsApp.
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Noted. I will avoid using the heart Tapback on threads where it will be turned into the horrid heart-eyes emoji.
It’s really useful in group threads. People can respond to a meme or joke with the “haha” Tapback or show their appreciation for something with the heart Tapback without flooding the thread with useless messages.
Even in a personal thread, most people I know find it easier to respond with thumbs up Tapback to acknowledge reading a message rather than typing out a reply or using the thumbs up emoji.
There’s a reason most major messengers support a similar feature. (Apple did not invent this.)