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Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices
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Seems like Apple is unable to innovate by themselves, the EU will accidentally make Apple great again.
Now we just need to convince the EU to regulate the 3D Graphics framework to Vulkan, to add a decent Filesystem, add a normal mouse cursor, to denotch the iDevices, etc… the list is long.
Now we just need to convince the EU to regulate the 3D Graphics framework to Vulkan, to add a decent Filesystem, add a normal mouse cursor, to denotch the iDevices, etc… the list is long.
Is there any truth to the rumor that RCS will finally allow us to merge Apple IDs?
Cool, now what color should we make them? Peasant Purple?
I would understand this if you change “innovate” to “comply”.
You don't need to teach Mom anything, because bubble color doesn't matter and it never did.
This is a win for everyone. Very happy to see this happening. This has been going on for far too long.
“Compared to MMS and SMS, the standards that Apple uses for text messages, RCS supports higher resolution photos …”
Confused.
Is iMessage based on MMS/SMS, or a proprietary protocol made by Apple?
Will RCS enable direct message between Apple Device and Andriod device over internet, skipping the mobile carrier (hence the sms charge)?
Guaranteed! Blue bubbles will always be iPhone’s most noticeable marketing tool.
I don’t know, I like knowing what protocol is being used, what server infrastructure I am relying on, etc. when communicating with someone. It doesn’t have to be color - for example if swiping left on a bubble shows me the details, that is good enough.
But honestly, I would almost prefer iMessages, SMS, and RCS to be completely different apps. I get that might be a bit too much for most people though.
I also guess that with this, the timing is ripe for Google to drop support for RCS next year. I think it’s about them for them to announce their next messaging protocol? 
Meta's messaging platform Whatsapp is E2EE and available on pretty much every platform you could think of, even dumb phones like KaiOS.
I wouldn't call it virtuous, that's your word and not mine.
My carrier charges me £0.65 to send a photo to someone using MMS. Because they can. Since I am averse to using WhatsApp, I just don’t send mobile pictures to my friends with Android devices. I don’t like pi55ing money away. Hopefully, this will stick two fingers up to my greedy carrier and allow me to send photos to my Android mates. So long as there’s a setting that says NEVER USE MMS!
iMessage is a proprietary protocol. RCS is another proprietary protocol. Both work over the internet with no carrier involvement.
SMS is an old phone protocol and is handled by your carrier. Hence it requires cell (unless your carrier can deliver SMS over the internet).
RCS is not proprietary. It's amazing how long people can bleat on about things they don't know anything about.
RCS is a 100% proprietary standard owned by the GSMA.
Are you under the impression RCS is open source? If that were true, anyone could implement RCS on their home server lol
It's a proprietary standard owned by the GSMA but keep bleating
screw it
make it all the same color. who cares if the user doesn't know who they can FaceTime
seriously? LOL
Haven't you heard that being a green bubble person is harming their mental health ? 🙄