Comment on Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform

• MDZA@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So what’s the idea here? Apple rolls out another extended version of RCS that’s proprietary as well?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It might be proprietary, but at least any messaging app Android, iOS or some future third competitor will be able to implement it.

    Unlike iMessage which is both proprietary and closed off from third party use

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    • MDZA@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And yet, no developer other than Samsung has been granted access to Google’s version of RCS.

      I’d love to see a truly standard, rich, secure messaging service, but I’m not convinced what Google is doing here is any better than Apple.

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      • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The difference is, you can choose not to use Googles RCS extension and opt for the Universal Profile standard instead and it will interop with people on other RCS profiles, even Googles, just fine.

        iMessage doesn’t do any of that, your choice is iMessage with other Apple users or a 30+ year old protocol. That’s it.

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