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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

  • Porgey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    599·
    9 months ago

    While Apple should adopt RCS, I cannot help but feel that Google is being extremely hypocritical. They complain about iMessage being proprietary, but their implementation of RCS isn’t open source, and I believe they even mentioned they have no plans to open it up for 3rd party devs to implement it into their own sms apps. This just feels like an iMessage equivalent for Android. It has rich features that are exclusive to Android as a platform… just like iMessage within iOS/MacOS/iPadOS…

        • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
          29·
          9 months ago

          Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

          Until free speech covers equal rights to emoji msg replies (etc), I really don’t see any way to force companies to make the playing field level for people who aren’t their customers.

          • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            9 months ago

            Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

            You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.

            • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
              25·
              9 months ago

              I’m not confusing it, I’m just used to them being paired. Ya know… FOSS… as are others.

    • Prethoryn Overmind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, the only issue is that RCS is actually better and the counter argument is that Apple is breaking the messaging platform by not implementing it in some way.

      The other point to make here is that iMessage wouldn’t have to just disappear. They could continue to support iMessage while just allowing text messages to be better for those who just don’t want an iPhone. The whole thing is hypocritical on both sides. Apple has convinced it’s users, very successfully might I add, that it is an Android problem and instead of having choice over your phone, you should just buy an iPhone.

      As someone who works in IT this is really not the answer users should get. To me, this is equivalent to, “your computer quit working? Just buy a new one.” But imagine you only had one choice and it’s because that company refuses to just improve standard text messaging for all users across the board but iPhone users don’t understand that Google has a method to fix this problem Apple just refuses to make it a better experience for everyone.

      Additionally, I think RCS is an open platform. Google’s fork of it carries encryption and group messaging integration. Point being Google genuinely has a viable iMessage solution to non iMessage texts. Apple wouldn’t even have to stop using iMesaage.