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[–] HellP1g@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank fuck. As an iPhone user it not playing well with RCS made texting worse for me because most of the people I know have Androids. iMessage was actually a negative for me so this is great news.

[–] Empty-Swing@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank godddd!!

[–] sdchew@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Great. So RCS spam is going to be a new feature?

[–] _Gondamar_@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Will this include rcs group chats?

[–] culesamericano@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

damn i just switched from android to iphone

[–] MysteryMooseMan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Never a better time to switch back to Android :)

[–] Pepello@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.

[–] Pepello@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.

[–] Accurate-Age9714@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] saint_louis_bagels@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SMS is “texting”. The same shit that has been around since cell phones.

Think of iMessage, Discord, WhatsApp, etc. as RCS or “messaging”

When Android and iOS text each other, it all sends as SMS. That means no read/delivery receipts, low quality picture/video messaging, no typing indicators, no encryption, etc.

[–] h4ppidais@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

So even without RCS today, how are my android friends able to react in our sms chat with iPhone users?

[–] 0pp0site0fbatman@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It’s about time.

[–] theAverageITGuy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It’s a good move to prevent the EU from forcing them to degrade iMessage. But it’s crap that they are doing it at all. Google in every way is inferior and bowing down to adopt their “standard” is BS. iMessage is best. Hopefully it stays that way.

[–] Thandor369@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Cross platform messengers went far from those standards years ago, this is why pretty much everybody besides US folks use them and nobody cares about what phone you have.

[–] Electronic-Future-12@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You are not loosing iMessage. Should read the article before writing nonsense

[–] Alternative-Kiwi905@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Type c, RCS gosh darnet they will catch up to Samsung!

[–] Sacto1654@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Watch for an iOS 17.x version to support at least the GSM standard RCS possibly by April-May 2024.

[–] Mister_Brevity@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Orange text bubbles for rcs lol

[–] makmillion@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The article says it will be green like SMS/MMS was, and that RCS will replace SMS/MMS.

[–] Mister_Brevity@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah that was tongue in cheek :)

Tone hard to convey on Reddit.

[–] Stecnet@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Brilliant news, about time! 🙌

[–] Kamil1987pro@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In Europe we dont care android user or iphone user everyone using mostly whatsapp

[–] NoTheory8827@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Every country other than the US uses some third party app for communication, mostly Whatsapp. Don't know why the obsession with iMessage is in the US.

[–] BadDub@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think one used iMessage like 3 times. Everyone uses whatsapp 🤷‍♂️

[–] 0192837465sfd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

One step closer to world peace.

[–] reddittAcct9876154@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Main bits…

“But at the same time, iMessage isn’t going anywhere. It will continue to be the messaging platform used for all communication between iPhone users. RCS will simply supplant SMS and MMS and exist separately from iMessage when available. SMS and MMS will also continue to be available as a fallback when needed, Apple says. This is not Apple opening up iMessage to other platforms. Instead, it’s the company adopting RCS separately from iMessage.“

[–] robertsg99@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Good, now I can go back to Samsung

[–] Totonotofkansas@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Would this mean free messaging to Android users when connected to WiFi?

[–] csl512@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Looking forward to better attitude control

[–] honigbar@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Damn I might go return my iPhone 15 I just bought a couple days ago lol. Go back to my paid off iPhone 13 until I can get a new android.

[–] sudo-rm-r@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I was downvoted when I claimed it's a good thing and we should push apple to do this, so why is everyone happy now?

[–] tighto@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

bad news for Nothing

[–] Jozex21@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

they are just doing this so they can block nothing chat

[–] Anywhere_everywhere7@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Funny thing is only Americans care about this, everywhere else uses WhatsApp or telegram

[–] Homicidal_Pingu@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wonder if they’re setting up their own servers and standards so they don’t have to go through Google’s

[–] rocketwidget@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm very curious about this! Google provides Google RCS in Google Messages... but notably, ONLY when carriers don't provide RCS themselves.

If carriers provide RCS themselves (at this point, this is most of them)... they probably wouldn't want phones to superceed their RCS, in the same way carrier provided SMS/MMS isn't superceeded?

Of course, a lot of carriers nowadays provide their own RCS... by subcontracting Google Jibe for RCS lol.

If Apple wants to do this now, I wonder if they would have had an easier time if they had supported RCS much earlier?

[–] Samurai_GorohGX@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Which colour will RCS messages be? I’m guessing yellow.

[–] sose5000@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing at all to do with pressure from Samsung or google. 100% to do with the EU.

[–] chusli007@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seriously, are there people out there who actually care about this stuff? Typical first world worries 😋

[–] saint_louis_bagels@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

People in the US don’t like to use 3rd party apps. So when iOS and Android “text” one another, they’re being sent as SMS. “Messaging” apps like iMessage, Discord, WhatsApp, etc are all modern texting apps with lots of features and conveniences. Apple supporting RCS will finally bridge the gap between texting and messaging.

[–] Infamous_Bee_7445@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is great news. The lack of good texting between my family members and me as a Pixel user is what pushed me over to the Apple ecosystem ~5 years ago. It's solid, but I will probably pick up a Pixel if this is resolved, just to see what the other side has been up to for 5 years. Google's services have always been a better offering, so long as you can get past the lack of privacy.

[–] ThatGuyUpNorth2020@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

But no E2EE.

So basically no better than the standard carrier messages and MMS that exists today except.. well... oooh, higher resolution photos.

'Yay' (said in the voice of Bruce from Family Guy)

Well done to the EU for this incredible, um... 'victory'?

[–] OcupiedMuffins@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Wow, Apple finally playing nice with other phones is something I thought we’d never see

[–] BdubMoon@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Will it compromise security? I am a former Android user and switched to Apple bc of the security and compatibility of software and hardware in the OS. I love Apple and generally don’t trust Google and Android

[–] h4ppidais@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

So even without RCS today, how are my android friends able to react in our sms chat with iPhone users?

[–] RealAzone@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Good, now I will consider using iPhone again.