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submitted 1 year ago by kae@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml

In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[-] extant@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

I just want to point out that this announcement comes after Nothing phone company announced they partnered with a company that will bridge the two protocols so apple was about to lose their ability to force android images and videos to look like a potato so iPhone users wouldn't want to leave the apple ecosystem.

This just exactly like when apple decided they were going to be champions of privacy by improving the security on their phones, which coincidentally happened right after a company called cellebrite started selling a product that would allow police to bypass passcodes and fingerprints to access a users data which previously could only be unlocked by the police department paying a fee for each time to unlock a phone.

They will always default to being shitty like any other company treating their users like the enemy until they can't and then they spin it in their favor.

[-] habanhero@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Nothing is literally nothing, Apple could care less about them.

Nothing's solution is basically getting you to send your messages to them, and they'll send it through a Mac logged into your Apple ID hence achieving the "blue bubble" lol. Hugely insecure, hacky solution and hardly groundbreaking.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So Apple could care less? On a scale of one to ten, how much less?

[-] habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You're opinion? Maybe 3.5 or fewer more

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago
[-] habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Could of, should of, would of. I'm not gonna loose sleep on it and I hope your not gonna

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It will never be right, I couldn't care less what a bunch of Redditors think

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