You still think it’s 2005 I see.
If RCS was adopted a lot sooner by carriers and the likes of Apple we wouldn’t have to rely on these third party apps and you’d have a point. But even now RCS isn’t supported by Dutch service providers and SMS is simply too limited for today’s uses.
WhatsApp has become the de facto standard for messaging in the Netherlands and many other European countries. Not being on WhatsApp can prove challenging in many social circles and isn’t always viable in a practical sense. That doesn’t mean I also want to receive calls through it. If Meta offered a way to disable said functionality that would be fine too, but they don’t.
What do you mean 2005, because I use SMS? It does what I need, and that is to send and receive messages, I don't want people to send me a load of useless emojis or photos, if they really need to send me photos then do so via email.
You say SMS is too limited for today's usage, but that depends on what you use it for.
I have Facebook messenger on my phone and to be honest, I hate it, I only keep it because of a couple of people who contact me on it, I have removed the main Facebook app.
I hate that it notifies people I am replying, I may start to reply then go and do something else. Thankfully, I found that could be disabled, the same with the active status and that sort of thing. No doubt all that is in Whatsapp and RCS.
It is like when people reply to me, the phone makes a noise when they are typing and saying, such a such is typing a message or something like that.
I DON'T CARE, I will see the message when it gets to me, I don't care if they are in the middle of writing it
The only thing, I like to know is if the message has been delivered, then they can reply in their own time.
I presume Whatsapp does the same sort of rubbish, also noticed in Facebook Messenger, something called Meta AI, I expect that is in WhatsApp as well.
Whatsapp also need my phone number, stick that, not giving Meta my phone number.
Sorry, but I don't get this, you have to use WhatsApp that is around at the moment, and you're looked at as if you are crazy for not doing so. I don't have to use, I have no need for it, the same as i have no need for RCS.
RCS did get adopted in the UK by Vodarubbish, but they dropped it and now uses Google version, maybe it is cheaper for them, I am, not sure, but I think O2 did the same thing. The chance of my carrier adopting it is pretty slim, it is a virtual carrier, so again RCS goes through Google. I don't use Android messages on my phone, and the app I do use for SMS/text, don't support RCS.
If I decided to spend out a small fortune on an iPhone, I would be in the same situation, since my carrier as I said above, don't support RCS, so I would be using SMS on that. The majority of people I know has an Android phone, so only 3 people would be using iMessage. I would never install WhatsApp on my phone, fend or please, I don't care if it is a standard or not.