Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    229·
    11 months ago

    I have never heard of anyone in the U.S. who cares about the bubble color either. The only reason I ever cared was that it used to mean there was a good chance it wouldn’t get through if it was a green bubble, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. I’ve gotten iPhone-to-iPhone green bubbles when there’s been some sort of communication difficulty to Apple’s servers and it had to go straight SMS.

    • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      11 months ago

      Are you dating or in school at the moment? I if not, it might be that you’re just oblivious to this trend, because it is definitely a thing in many social circles.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        37·
        11 months ago

        Maybe for people much younger than me. But certainly I’ve never heard of such a thing in the many years I’ve had iPhones (started with the 3).

    • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      I haven’t encountered any adults who actually care about that in one-on-one conversations. I have however been excluded from group chats because mixing iMessage and SMS users resulted in a degraded experience. The iPhone users were, of course unwilling to consider installing any other chat app.

      I find the last bit pretty annoying. It takes about 45 seconds to download Signal and confirm your number.

      • paintbucketholder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        11 months ago

        I just had that conversation with a group of adults who all had iPhones and were unwilling to add non-iPhone people to a group or change messaging apps.

        The reasons given were:

        • My iPhone is too old, I can’t install another messaging app.
        • I’m not going to install another app where I have to remember another password.
        • Messages don’t go through when we add a non-iPhone user to the group.

        The conclusion by the group was “just buy an iPhone!”

        And that’s a group of adults. I can’t imagine the bullying and peer pressure teenagers have to face over something as idiotic as messaging apps.

        • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          Meanwhile, I have six messaging apps on my phone (which is neither new nor high-end) and would be willing to install most others (not Facebook chat or Instagram) if it made communication easier for someone.