Comment on Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re doing the GSMA standard and nothing else. I think they refuse to play ball with any standard Google controls either directly or indirectly.

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  • creed10@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hate apple as much as the next guy, but I respect them for that

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s just smart business. Why give up any level of control of anything to a direct competitor when you don’t have to?

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      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Especially Google, and especially the crappy implementation of RCS.

        I see posts every day of people having issues. Messages not sent, not received, etc.

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