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RCS Coming to Messages in iOS 18 for Improved Texts With Android Users

dumastudetto said:
I don't contact people on Android. Some may have my contact information if they switched to Android, but they are blocked from contacting me once I see they are not on Messages.
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Just wondering, if someone switch to Android, you no longer message them? Like fever?
 
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spinedoc77 said:
BlueBubbles is great but it still has it's drawbacks. If your power or ISP go out then you lose your messaging completely. It's not 100% reliable, you can have a Cloudflare outage or sometimes Cloudflare just likes to have issues (for example it conflicts with having a private DNS). The MAJOR drawback, IMO, is you can't use your carrier phone number to send/receive texts, you have to use your email. Of course this is hackable, you can use an old iPhone with the SIM swap trick as I do, but who the heck (besides me...sigh) goes to that much trouble. THIS is why the entire Beeper fiasco was so incredible, you were able to both use your phone number AND not need a 24/7 server.

But yeah, not downplaying BlueBubbles at all, what they have achieved is incredible but I have a feeling will shrink quite rapidly once RCS is on the table. Also 100% agree on the sadness and irony of those getting riled up over this, it's something I can't quite understand.
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That happened to me a month ago, Cloudflare went down or switched I am not sure. I've since signed up for a free account with ngrok which has been rock solid and no disconnects at all. I think it is explained on the BB website how to switch, I just made an account and pasted the link in my BB settings and it has been running ever since.

I think BB is close to getting FaceTime to work. I get FT notifications on my S24+ via BB but the call won't initiate.

Those few Beeper days were amazing! Good times...

I just send people my Apple ID which is a pain but it's one and done, they add it to my contact info in their phones.
dumastudetto said:
I don't contact people on Android. Some may have my contact information if they switched to Android, but they are blocked from contacting me once I see they are not on Messages.
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Why do you do this? Judgment aside, I am sincerely curious.
 
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dumastudetto said:
I don't contact people on Android. Some may have my contact information if they switched to Android, but they are blocked from contacting me once I see they are not on Messages.
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So I don't get it, how will RCS not being encrypted affect you if you block all Android users? What a sad way to live life blocking Android users from contacting you.
 
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Aoligei said:
Absolutely. I will delete my family member if they use Android. Who needs mom or dad when they use Android? I will never talk to my wife ever again, as she is using Pixel 7a.

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I got an offer to be the CFO of Citibank. The VP reached out to me via text and as soon as I saw the green bubble I told him no thank you. I can't be associated with the likes of you, millions of dollars and stock options be damned.

I was about to buy a new Porsche and the salesman followed up with me over text. It's not iMessage. I declined and will keep my Pinto.

I really wonder what these people who banish Android users do for a living or how they get by in society.
 
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spinedoc77 said:
So I don't get it, how will RCS not being encrypted affect you if you block all Android users? What a sad way to live life blocking Android users from contacting you.
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It doesn't affect me. As I pointed out in my original post, my annoyance is with regulators forcing Apple to bloat up messages to support RCS. If Apple chose to do it voluntarily, that would be different.

Someone asked about risking personal information with Android users and I explained I don't communicate with Android users. if I see an Android phone, they don't get my contact information. If they already have it, oh well, but I will refuse to communicate with them in the hope they lose my information from the contacts database.
 
Harthag said:
I got an offer to be the CFO of Citibank. The VP reached out to me via text and as soon as I saw the green bubble I told him no thank you. I can't be associated with the likes of you, millions of dollars and stock options be damned.

I really wonder what these people who banish Android users do for a living or how they get by in society.
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No VP at Citibank will be using Android.
 
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It's about bloody time!

RCS has worked fine for me and glad to see there is progress on the messaging standards front. Maybe Apple got over fear/paranoia of a mass exodus of iPhone users, finally LOL!
 
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Harthag said:
You said no VP @ Citi will use Android. Implying successful people use iOS. There are secure business chat options for Android if that was what you were also getting at.
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Yeah I was speaking in very specific terms. I wasn't claiming successful people use iOS. I know successful business people who use Android.
 
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Interestingly, because RCS messages often counted against your monthly allotment of text messaging in many countries, people switched to other apps for text communication. Hence the rise of operating system-agnostic apps like WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat and even Facebook Messenger.
 
dumastudetto said:
It doesn't affect me. As I pointed out in my original post, my annoyance is with regulators forcing Apple to bloat up messages to support RCS. If Apple chose to do it voluntarily, that would be different.

Someone asked about risking personal information with Android users and I explained I don't communicate with Android users. if I see an Android phone, they don't get my contact information. If they already have it, oh well, but I will refuse to communicate with them in the hope they lose my information from the contacts database.
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This still doesn’t explain why you refuse to communicate with anyone using Android…
 
It's a pity RCS
SMH4KIDIOT said:
You can disable or enable auto send as SMS on android too.
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Good to know that's a thing. I haven't used Android for a decade, hence my unfamiliarity with how it works these days. Is that the same across on companies selling Android?
 
uecker87 said:
If you did not have a carrier then you cannot make a phone call. What's your point? It is the replacement to basic SMS text messaging...
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actually it won't work without data so its not a replacement to sms
 
Johnny907 said:
… RCS is a global standard already supported by almost every single carrier and phone make OTHER than Apple until now, so again, where is the lock in other than I need a phone to use it and the person I’m messaging needs a phone to receive it?
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you might want to check that you'll find that most do not actually natively support rcs
 
iMessage is always handled by apple not by carriers, the carriers see nothing other than an encrypted packet
 
scorpio vega said:
It doesn’t improve my life. I don’t talk to android users.
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Its people like you that gives Apple users the reputation it has. Are you this way with friends and family when they own a car brand you don't like? Behaviors like these reveal real life prejudices.

Even if Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm OS survived there would still be a need for RCS. I sure hope you don't think the entire world should all use the same phone.
 
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