Comment on Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform
kirklennon@kbin.social 1 year agoThe app is called Messages. The entire point of the article is to discuss the iMessages versus SMS so I absolutely do think it’s important to get the distinction right in this case.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But the statement is not incorrect.
(When photos and videos are sent to an Android user through iMessage), (Android users receive lower-quality photos and videos [via being downgraded to SMS/MMS).
kirklennon@kbin.social 1 year ago
The statement in the article is literally incorrect. You cannot send a message to an Android user through iMessage. That fact is at the core of the discussion and they got it wrong.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The surrounding context of that statement is talking about the app, not the protocol. From the Apple user’s perspective, they see no difference.
zeps@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They do actually, the bubbles are a different color!
kirklennon@kbin.social 1 year ago
Again, protocols are core to the discussion, and from the user's perspective which protocol they are using is very obvious (which, again, is core to the discussion). This isn't some trivial detail to get wrong. If they author can't carefully distinguish themselves and educate their audience, why are they even writing about it in the first place?
LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Isn’t the app on Apple devices called Messages? I thought iMessage was the name of their e2ee internet messaging protocol.