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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I hope not. RCS still has issues. Example, it still requires you to have a phone number. iMessage can be used with an email address.

  The Apple insider podcast gents did a nice break down of this a few months ago. iMessage is a lot more than just proprietary RCS.

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  • cousinofjah@twit.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I'd be happy with just a functional bridge between iMessage and RCS

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  • LinuxSBC@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It still has issues, but it’s much better than SMS, which is currently the only option for messaging between Android and iOS.

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    • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think both things are valid. Apple should adopt RCS, but also that standard should be further pushed to include better features and not just stagnate

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      • June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m willing to bet Apple will adopt RCS as soon as it can be implemented seamlessly.

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  • Graphine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Let’s be honest, who the fuck doesn’t have a phone number in 2023? My 9 year old cousin has an iPhone SE.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The point is that iMessage can be used with a computer or tablet that doesn’t have a phone number.

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      • Graphine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ah, that I can understand then.

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• bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One can dream, but recent news is a setback towards this goal: bgr.com/…/eu-ruling-says-apple-doesnt-need-to-add…

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  • Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably because iMessage will be forced to add interoperability using a protocol like Signal, Matrix or XMPP.

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• jennraeross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Alas, sorting software is much cheaper to implement than differing hardware, so the cost benefit analysis would work out differently in that case I expect…

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• Graphine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well we’re already getting removable batteries which is exciting as fuck. That one will require even more of a major redesign that it will 100% come to the US.

  All hail the EU for saving tech.

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  • Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    US people are going to complain about that probay alot for a few years.

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