Apple reportedly built a version of iMessages for Android a long time ago. Then they realized how many phones their bubble scheme sold and reversed course.
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Eggyhead@kbin.social 9 months ago
At the very least, hopefully Apple will notice that there is enough of an appetite for iMessage on Android that people are getting innovative about it.
mwguy@infosec.pub 9 months ago
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why do people want iMessage for Android? That gives them more control over the entire messaging ecosystem.
They’re adopting the RCS protocol, that’s what people should want. It’s interoperable with all phones and not just the ones that happen to support iMessage. It’s supposed to replace SMS and MMS, which are guaranteed to work between all platforms.
This iMessage vs WhatsApp vs other walled-garden messaging apps debate is stupid when an open protocol is right there.
lemann@lemmy.one 9 months ago
They’re adopting the RCS protocol, that’s what people should want
Standard RCS is not e2ee, only google’s implementation on top of it is. I feel most here would prefer an e2ee messaging protocol over something else that can be observed by third parties
Samsung is the only other company that integrated Google’s e2ee implementation into their stock messages app fairly recently, it’s supported standard RCS for a good number of years now
Eggyhead@kbin.social 9 months ago
Couldn’t agree more.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 9 months ago
What’s their motivation? Unless they charge for it, the other service to non customers and remove one of the barriers keeping people in iOS. I’ve read that EU won’t force it to open, so either there is profit involved or I don’t see apple doing it.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Nobody (a small subset) uses that in the EU.
iPhones are a status symbol as they are in the US but only play a small part in here (65% Android).
de.statista.com/…/marktanteil-der-mobilen-betrieb…The US alone has a 53% share for iOS.
de.statista.com/…/marktanteile-der-betriebssystem…Railcar8095@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I know all that. It’s the reason why it’s not considered by the EU. But doesn’t address the fact that the is no reason for Apple to open up, unless I’m missing something
Archer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The point is to get people to buy iPhones because of getting shunned for green bubbles. It came out in litigation, the CEO straight up admitted it in writing
Eggyhead@kbin.social 9 months ago
Do you have a source on this? Sounds like an interesting read.
Archer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
theverge.com/…/apple-tim-cook-imessage-blue-green…
Eggyhead@kbin.social 9 months ago
That was an interesting read. There wasn’t actually any mention of green bubbles from Apple indicated in the article, but the emails referenced in a different article linked in that one quoted a top exec’s concern that adding iMessage to Android would only remove a barrier to parents buying their kids something other than an iPhone. The intent is pretty clear that they don’t want Android and iPhone users to be able communicate fairly in iMessage.
Still, isn’t RCS support enough?