I never thought I’d see this day. I thought we’d get aliens on the White House lawn before Apple ever caved.
I hope it works seamlessly but, more importantly, will the bubbles all be blue once RCS is added? Will we be able to turn off read receipts and typing indicators?
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I feel like Apple still isn’t interested in real interoperability. Even if RCS integration solves picture/video and some basic messaging feature compatibility, that won’t be the end of it. Some other feature that gets less attention today will be the next most visible with poor compatibility.
Compatibility issues will continue if EU regulation (or the threat of it) is the only thing driving cooperation. Apple’s marketing-driven platform lock-in is incompatible with platform-agnostic cooperation that society wants, and only they can change that.
pretty sure it’s confirmed messages from other platforms will still be green through RCS
I assume there will be a third colour for us with RCS to differentiate from those still using old school SMS/MMS. I have older relatives who have Android phones and never turned on their chat services so they come up light blue on Google Messages just like iPhone users do. Not the dark blue that RCS users do.
People in many countries that are not in North America tend to use some form of messaging app anyway. WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Threema and lots more. WhatsApp is widely used in Europe