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Google Urges Apple Not to 'Drop the Ball' on Fixing Messaging in New Billboard Pushing RCS
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Apple trusts Google enough to make Google default search engine on their devices.
The billions Google gives Apple each year probably helps too. 🤣
Don’t want RCS, never asked for RCS, and if the data pirate companies listed in the OP are in favor of it, you can bet it’s good for them and not consumers.
I'm actually with Google on this one. There's no reason that's beneficial to Apple's customers to not have RCS on iPhones. Or release iMessage on Android.
Simple fix? No, not even close. Android was the one who dropped the ball long ago by still using old messaging tech, now suddenly Google, king of "let's kill everything new we make" wants Apple to adopt their standard? Seriously?
don’t really care, text message spam ads are worse with RCS btw.
In the beginning, there was only iPhone.
So cute to watch big tech companies playing a game of chicken while consumers move to other messaging apps where they get along just fine.
That's the real motive here. Google needs Apple to support RCS so Google can better compete with these 3rd party messenger apps. They want to be in control of messaging just like Apple has achieved.
However, It is annoying that often sending a photo to Android just fails and I have to ask for a different method or upload to a link. I think Apple should support RCS just to make the experience better for iPhone users. Make their bubbles an even uglier color if need be. Puke green? 🤮
hey google, fix the "would you like to switch to chrome" pop up and shut the eff up.
This sums up my thoughts exactly.
RCS is security issue waiting to happen.
How RCS exposes mobile users to hackers
Discover how the implementation of Rich Communication Services (RCS) could expose mobile users to hackers, and the security risks associated with RCS deployments.www.autobahn-security.com
And this is why Apple never implemented, and never will. iMessage is still super encrypted and is the gold standard for encrypted messaging.
Yep. Google can pound sand.
You really have to be foolish if you think Google wants to spend all this advertising money to pitch RCS for the good of the consumer 😂 there is a reason Google is pushing their RCS protocol since carriers are not doing it and I can almost promise you it isn’t just for your own benefit
Edit: adding also think about how hard this is being pushed when it wasn’t done for all their other failed messaging methods
Edit: adding also think about how hard this is being pushed when it wasn’t done for all their other failed messaging methods
The beginning is irrelevant. There was a time when there was only Altair.
iPhone to iPhone communication can still use iMessage but I'd really like it if I could get better quality video and pics when I text Android users. It's really childish to tell someone that they shouldn't be friends with someone that doesn't have the smartphone brand they themselves have.
Apple can't drop a ball they were never interested in picking up.
Google uses their own non-standard version of RCS in all their apps. This version forces all messages to go through Google's own servers, which allows them to track all conversations (to/from, time, and more) which is hugely valuable to their ad business. That's why they're pushing this so hard. Not only do they get that data from most Android users, but they want to get it from iOS users too (who statistically text more than Android users).
Additionally, RCS in its standard form may or may not use your telco providers servers. So you have to really look into it to know where your messages are being routed. This means different privacy policies depending on who it's going through. It's a privacy nightmare. And if your phone roams or is something like Xfinity Mobile (which uses Verizon and other towers), then it could go through any number of different servers. Travel to another country? They may relay your messages through their own servers (where with iMessage, you know they always go through Apples servers and no one else's before heading to your friend).
Additionally, RCS in its standard form may or may not use your telco providers servers. So you have to really look into it to know where your messages are being routed. This means different privacy policies depending on who it's going through. It's a privacy nightmare. And if your phone roams or is something like Xfinity Mobile (which uses Verizon and other towers), then it could go through any number of different servers. Travel to another country? They may relay your messages through their own servers (where with iMessage, you know they always go through Apples servers and no one else's before heading to your friend).
And for that nearly full decade Apple had secure text and nobody else did? It’s amazing how quickly people forget.
FaceTime was opened up completely then a lawsuit shut the whole thing down. Nothing Apple could do. Also, Zoom has a foothold but it’s nowhere near what Skype once was. If MS didn’t drop the ball there, Skype would have prevented Zoom from existing.
honestly why doesn’t other companies already force rcs to be standard already ; then they would force apple; I have been on samsung for years even when they first promoted rcs that has been since my galaxy s8 and barely now rcs is being used so I honestly question why would google or any other carrier push rcs when they really aren’t pushing it as the standard already