This reminds me of a collage an ex girlfriend made me for me after we broke up and she wanted to get back together.
Seriously, Google is thirsting hard
Seriously, Google is thirsting hard
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'Green Bubbles and Blue Bubbles Want to Be Together' Says Samsung Ad Pushing Apple to Adopt RCS
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Because the bubble color dichotomy is an important reason for some people to buy Apple instead of Samsung.
Ugh, moving?
Besides, I don't ask my friends with pickups to help since I know most of them would **** my furniture up.
Not everything is about economic benefit. That is how businesses function, yes, but as consumers, why should we also buy into that logic? I guess it’s different if you’re a big investor, though.
The way I see it, since Apple cares about privacy, they should put their money where their mouth is and stop defaulting green messages to SMS/MMS. If they don’t think RCS is the answer, come up with something better and still keep the iMessage extras exclusive. SMS/MMS really aren’t secure and it’s not realistic to expect that everyone on this planet should own an iPhone, as much as I love them and think they’re better for me personally.
I suppose it's similar to USB-C where not one cable works the same as another and to a consumer; it's very confusing.
As for FaceTime with Android, I feel like that was poorly implemented. A FaceTime app for Android would have made more sense than a webpage. Additionally, same with Windows. They have Apple Music for all those devices. They could just make a FaceTime app.
I suppose my dream for the iOS Messages app is to work similar to the Files app. Download third party apps and let them integrate with the default app (OneDrive or Google Drive both being integrated with Files).
I suppose the definition of "just fine" varies from person to person. Sending a video from iPhone to an Android is far from "just fine". Reactions and replies that are very handy in large groups are far from "just fine". Groups in general are far from "just fine".
Is Romeo and Juliet the best analogy here? A doomed relationship that ends in self destruction and then everyone learns a lesson about getting along?
If Google/Samsung were serious, perhaps they’d tone down the consumer ads and start co-developing a mutually accepted alternative. Matter is a great example of how an alliance can be built between global competitors (Google, Apple, Amazon, etc).
Apple has zero incentive to switch to a protocol developed by Google. The solution is simple: build a new one.
That said, I think Tim Cook is right when he says it’s a low priority and iPhone users aren’t asking for it.
Apple has zero incentive to switch to a protocol developed by Google. The solution is simple: build a new one.
That said, I think Tim Cook is right when he says it’s a low priority and iPhone users aren’t asking for it.
I know this isn’t really the point here but I just want to say that this is the most embarrassing version of one of these ads I’ve ever seen. Was it made for the younger side of gen z who grew up on TextingStory?? Even they would find this cringe…
If I send a message and the recipient is green you can bet your $5 shoe that person is off my contact list. I don't associate with non-apple users via text. You're not smart enough to use Signal or even that garbage called WhatsApp then bye. It's really that simple.
Shhhhhhhhh, don't point out the obvious. Google doesn't understand that this feminine passive aggressive strategy is really just pointing out a huge drawback to their product. And also that they're passive aggressive and desperate.
As much as I detest Bixby ( and a few other Samsung deployed oddities ), their One UI implementation over Android is superior to iOS.. imo of course!
IF you think its not better than regular SMS then you have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm all for iMessage/FaceTime natively on android. this makes the most sense to me. a gateway for android users to experience apple stuff just like what apple did with iTunes on windows when it was good.
Is it tho? I mean, Samsung outsells Apple (by around 13% in 2022), I doubt huge percentages of iPhone buyers are buying them for the color of the bubbles.
But, hey, I've been wrong before.
Samsung today joined Google in attempting to convince Apple to adopt the Rich Communication Services or RCS messaging standard that Google has been pushing.
In a short ad that's a riff on Romeo and Juliet, Samsung features two smartphone interfaces texting each other. "Juliet" is the iPhone in the metaphor and her parents (aka Apple) won't allow for the adoption of RCS. "What did green ever do to them? We're bubbles too," laments the "Romeo" Android smartphone. "And literally everyone wants us to be together. Ugh," writes Juliet.
It's ultimately a bit of a confusing ad, but Samsung makes it clear with the title of the video: "Green bubbles and blue bubbles want to be together." Samsung also includes the "Help Apple #GetTheMessage" tagline and hashtag that Google has been using for its RCS campaign.
Google has been hounding Apple about adopting RCS for several years now using ads, billboards, websites, social media campaigns, and more, but Apple has refused.
RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is a communication protocol designed by and adopted by Google. Google has been pushing Apple to implement support for RCS, but Apple devices continue to support the older SMS protocol. Google claims that Apple is responsible for all the issues that Android and iPhone users have texting one another, including lack of encryption, broken group chats, pixelated pictures and videos, and the green bubbles.
Apple CEO Tim Cook in September 2022 said that RCS is not a priority for Apple and that it is not a feature that iPhone users are asking for.
Article Link: 'Green Bubbles and Blue Bubbles Want to Be Together' Says Samsung Ad Pushing Apple to Adopt RCS
Point of clarification here, Google did not design RCS. It was supposed to be a standard but Google is the main one pushing for it after the network cartel figured out they couldn’t make money on it.
Tim Cook is correct. Nobody with an iPhone is asking for RCS. iMessage is one of the best features of having an iPhone. Obviously my experience is subjective, but I much prefer the latest version of Messages over WhatsApp or other universal messaging services.
No one i know with an android is bothered by this. They don’t even know what they’re missing… but it annoys hell out of me when i can’t send them a text from my house cus the cell signal is bad and i can’t use Wi-Fi to message them… or send them stickers or decent quality photos/video…
Apple could set up their own RCS servers or work with others to come up with a solution where data doesn’t get sent to Google. That said, Google’s implementation (which isn’t the only one out there) provides E2E encryption by default.
If you have an issue with RCS, shouldn’t you have way more of an issue with plain text messages and videos being visible to our carriers?
Edit: got it, you like your carrier seeing your plain text messages. Not saying RCS is THE answer, I’m fine with the messages staying green, too, even though it’s petty, but shouldn’t we be pushing for encryption and better standards everywhere?
it's literally more confusing than regular sms. having more features does not make it better
This is what I thought but it is a valid point that SMS/MMS is universal while RCS has various implementations by various companies including Google, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
I have all my Android friends (and family) on Telegram and everything is fine.
