Comment on Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple
Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 11 months agoWhat is business model that justifies putting iMessage on Google phones, or supporting one of its competitors?
Because if there’s isn’t one, they can’t do it.
As I said, Google aren’t doing us because they’re your mate, they’re doing it to make money.
Companies are not your friend.
Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who here is saying that any company is your friend?
Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
You’ve avoided my question. What is the business driver for Apple to do this?
Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Apple can do whatever it wants. Currently they want to keep a barrier between Android and Apple users as a strategy for driving iphone sales.
A reason could be just to create a better experience for its users. Currently Apple to Android messages are SMS and MMS, which are unencrypted. Apple could ensure the security of its users’ messages by implementing RCS, which has E2E encryption.
Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
But that doesn’t make them money. In fact by making it easier for Apple customers inside the walled garden to switch away, it’ll cost them money.
There’s no way they do it without regulation.
It drives me nuts that I can’t type an iMessage from my PC (Windows phone app is garbage) so I get the frustration.