I think most people will use it w/o even noticing just that it works better now when they chat with people using Samsung or Pixel phones.
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RCS Coming to Messages in iOS 18 for Improved Texts With Android Users
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That would be too confusing, it will be electric pink fuchsia bubbles
iMessages is fine. If it wasn’t then lag droid users wouldn’t be begging for it.
Thanks for admitting you brought up SMS? You said you quoted my messages but where I did bring up SMS in those quoted messages? I didn't. You did. And yet you made it sound like I'm suggesting SMS should be the solution. SMS isn't the solution. It's clear you're trying to dig yourself out of this but it's not working.
Anyways, moving on.
Gross. This is truly the worst thing they announced. I knew it was coming and I’m still aggravated
This is obvious. My point is that our day-to-day communications should not be reliant on these paid carriers
We should be locked into something that is free, cross platform, simple, and reliable/secure like Telegram. iMessage doesn't circle all of that but is way better than being locked into carriers for day to day communication.
It doesn’t improve my life. I don’t talk to android users.
This discussion is going in circles. What would you rather have Apple implement? Isn't this more of an Android problem and Apple simply trying to increase compatibility with them?
This should’ve been available years ago.
Great. So what's the problem?
Fortunately not everybody is as confused as you appear to be.
Yup, confusion confirmed. You don’t even understand what lock-in means.
Actually I’m almost certain you’re just saying this stuff facetiously and simply trolling. And if you’re not, then it makes me happy that your upset by this news. 🙂
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You have spent months making the same statements that does not hold up to scrutiny. RCS is confusing? well it is currently being used by a billion people. Where is this confusion you are talking about. I have been in these discussions and most people are just wondering when it will be enabled for their devices or when will the carriers finish transitioning to Jibe.
Like i told you in the previous thread, all confusions you are seeing are in your head and is not a reality today or the last 5 years of the slow painful transition of RCS from carrier networks to Jibe.
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I really don't understand what you are trying to claim, there's no "carrier lock in". You only need a phone number(or a Sim card) and RCS works with Wi-Fi only as well. Now who owns a phone and doesn't have a phone number?
… 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?
nope. it's literally more confusing.
because that button could be disabled for more than one reason.
- a group chat that added an RCS person that doesn't support video chat
- you traveled to a different country and use a different carrier
- you could be in a different country but also use the same carrier, but that carrier opted to disable video chat for roaming
a video button being disabled for a green bubble SMS person on iMessage is just... basically one reason: they don't have iMessage.
Plenty of ppl. My friends son has an iPhone that has no actual phone number or service attached.
What's a better solution? I rather have Apple bring iMessage to Windows/Android. You have a consistent feature availability across many devices and works globally.
Ultimately, moving to Telegram would be the best solution for most customers.
Let them try. Apple caves but it's not going to be cracked.
Cannot imagine why the EU cares about what text messaging is done and then randomly favors Googles newest baby. We already have cross platform apps like WhatsApp that are great.
Im sorry but that is confusing. My brain can't comprehend what I'm seeing.
