Far more people have an iPhone and a Windows PC, so by that logic Apple should make a Windows version first. Thus allowing Android/Windows users with no Apple devices to use Apple’s messaging service. At which point it doesn’t make any sense to use it in the first place, unless you acknowledge that it is a better service than competition.
It could just forward RCS conversations through your iPhone in the same way it does with SMS...
Why are people defending this company on here is unbelievable
Thanks for saying this. Most rational macrumors post so far I’m all for this Tom and Jerry too.
Using RCS isn’t going to resolve the group message issue. Whether someone is using SMS or RCS won’t matter as they’re both not being managed through the iMessages server. RCS will simply mean you can send/receive media at native resolutions, send longer messages, get read receipts and see typing indicators. That’s probably about it.
I’d argue that a major portion of consumers simply don’t use Windows or Mac at all. Enabling iMessage on Windows will fill in some gaps in the potential user base, but Android will essentially make it available to everyone on-the-go.
That’s not how Beeper Mini works. Beeper Cloud and other services, yes. Beeper Mini was the first I’m aware of to implement iMessage running directly on-device, using one’s phone number (unavailable at least for now), instead of requiring some passthrough server.
I don’t know exactly how these systems work, but I can imagine it is not simple to span devices like Apple is doing it, if you are a third party client on one or more of the platforms. My guess is that people eant iMessage because of how well it works on an all Apple ecosystem, but if they got access to it, the experience is likely to be l’not so great. I can see how Apple would bot want to provide a poor iMessage experience on Android and Windows, because that is poor marketing for the Apple ecosystem.
It is a chat app — hardly different from Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
Messaging is already fragmented, even though plenty of apps are available on all platforms. One more messaging service that is available to everyone will not magically make everyone use the same service. Especially not one that costs money, while all the others are free.
Yeah I’m not saying Beeper Mini is the solution — not at all. I just want a legitimate solution.
Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp are not as good as iMessage. I use both. Apple Music and TV are more or less stand alone apps, where you are not very likely to switch devices on-the-fly like you are with messaging apps.
Is it just me or is The Verge pretty much on the same level as Gizmodo in terms of clickbaity, low quality tech news? I still largely remember The Verge as the site that had the temerity to complain about mobile web browser performance while having over 50 tracking scripts on a single page load.
Won’t happen. This area is fragmented, and will stay that way.
Didn't Nothing and Sunbird do this? Their shoddy implementation allowed attackers to snoop on messages with very little skill and effort. It looks like this might lead to a similar situation. An Apple ID ties to things like healthcare information, keychain passwords, credit and debit cards, etc. It seems absurd to hand that info to a third party. People are perfectly entitled to pester Apple to release iMessage on Android (heck, they could charge a subscription and make a killing), but nobody should be condoning this approach.
