I could make the argument that SMS is the most reliable way to get a message across as it doesn't require a data connection.
But yeah, definitely not secure...
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I could make the argument that SMS is the most reliable way to get a message across as it doesn't require a data connection.
But yeah, definitely not secure...
I don't think it was a gotcha moment, I know it was. 😁 Hey, it's all in good fun anyway!
Stealing user marketing data and having full access to text messages and media are two completely different things.
Ignore Google unless they pay you billions per year, right?
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One of my kareoke buddies uses an Android and they have no desire to ever switch to an iPhone. It kinda sucks, because sometimes I am on my Mac and prefer to do group chats there, but the Android participants prevents that. But its not a deal breaker.
Their messaging has been god awful. Don’t listen to me either. Look on ArsTechinca.
New Google site begs Apple for mercy in messaging war
Google is tired of losing so badly to iMessage, so it wants Apple to adopt RCS.
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You're never going to get an end user (most of whom are NOT technical) to shout "We want you to support RCS!" from the rooftops because.... they don't care! Anyone who actually cares about that sort of encrypted group chat just uses WhatsApp or similar. This is a solution looking or a problem.
Carriers jumped on unlimited texting BECAUSE of iMessage.
Saying hello to Allo and Duo: new apps for smart messaging and video calling
Today we’re sharing a preview of two new apps that take a fresh look at how people connect: Allo, a smart messaging app, and Duo, a simple, fast one-to-one video calling…blog.google
why can’t everybody just use Allo and Duo instead of iMesssage and FaceTime?! Oh wait…
I was about to say, “Google, your old ‘standards’ wanted to say ‘hi’” or a quick Allo with a Duo session 😂
I never said they were. You do realize that your messages can be read by big brother and any big tech company at will, right? To think otherwise is straight up tin foil hat time. Your data/privacy is gone the minute you fire up your smartphone, period. I don't really care, I'm past caring at this point. They can read my texts or look at my photos if they want, I have nothing to hide. They will be very bored that is all I can say!
It will require a complete rewrite of iMessage, and it will likely happen. But it won't be quick nor easy to do, and it won't just show up in an update. They'll dedicate half a WWDC to it.
They would be better off getting the EU involved. EU gets things done.
The poster was saying a lot of people outside the US use services like WhatsApp and Messenger instead.
Not in iMessage, no they can't. Not in Teams, no they can't. I've worked in the big tech companies, and I've worked in cyber security. I know what can be seen and what can't...and no I don't care about my own data so much as I wouldn't like to see the rest of the world vulnerable to it.
Perhaps rather than bashing another companies software they should concentrate on sorting out their own hardware ?
www.theverge.com
Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens
No facilities, no parts, not covered by warranty.
www.theverge.com
Who the hell trusts google to make any kind of standard? Anyone who pays attention to tech doesn’t. There’s literally websites dedicated to everything Google abandoned.
Of course it is, their own bias will slant it that way as usual. There's always hating and defending, no room for anything in the middle like facts and reason.
Not to mention what they keep trying to do with their dominance over the web. If they get their way there is gonna be website DRM that will disable any kind of extension that modifies the webpage…
Riiiiiiiight! Hey, if you want to believe this is true go for it. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
We do. Or Signal. Or both. That’s what makes this extra funny. Google could release their app today, but they won’t, because they’re hedging their success on iPhones increasing pitiful usage rates of their service.
It’s my issue too, especially when they intentionally use an accessibility unfriendly color contrast ratio for the green messages. Their purpose is to make them look worse.
Google, if you want to convince someone to jump from iOS to Android, this is NOT how you do that.
The only ones feeling left out in the blue/green bubble game are Android users, not the other way around.
The only ones feeling left out in the blue/green bubble game are Android users, not the other way around.
It’s true lol. What tech company in their right mind would tie their messaging app to Google’s whims? Apple has no reason to help Google.
Well shucks. I hope Google doesn’t TRIPLE dog dare Apple to support their proprietary fork of RCS. Then Apple would have to do it.