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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id

Google, which is in the middle of a campaign to get Apple to support the RCS platform, used the song to help its cause.

In the tweet, Google wrote, "The Android team thinks Drake's new song "Texts Go Green" is a real banger. It refers to the phenomenon when an iPhone user gets blocked. Or tries to text someone who doesn't have an iPhone. Either way, it's pretty rough. If only some super-talented engineering team at Apple would fix this. Because this is a problem only Apple can fix. They just have to adopt RCS, actually. It would make texting more secure too. Just sayin'. Great track tho."

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[-] stifle867@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago

As an Android user, Google can't even standardise on a message app so it's a bit rich to expect Apple to follow Google's lead on this.

Years ago that may have been true, but Messages combined with RCS support (and other carriers with their own apps supporting that should you not buy a Pixel) has been pretty uniform. If Apple would get on board then it would be a non issue by now.

[-] stifle867@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I mirror what Pxtl says, Messages frequently breaks where I can be messaging someone and maybe an hour or so later it tells me the recipient is "offline" and the message wasn't delivered! No fail over, just fails to send and only notifies me a random amount of time later.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Messages doesn't even consistently fail-over to SMS if the client is unreachable through the internet. The feature exists, but it rarely works.

Messages is bad software, and has been for quite some time. Google pointing to that embarrassing trash as their heroic standard for messaging is ridiculous.

They have nobody to blame but themselves for green bubbles. I'm a die-hard Android user but their reputation on this front is well-earned.

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