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caktaylor said:

Why would anyone want to message an Android user?

Because they constitute almost 75% of the smartphones out in the world…

9secondkox2 said:

kkqd1337 said:

whatever the chosen method.... Apple should introduce a cross platform messenger 

It has one. It works fine. Emoji’s text content, photos, video…

There is literally nothing wrong with the current implementation. 

Google just wants everyone to use their standard instead of Apple’s better standard. 

If someone wants iMessage so badly, they can buy an iPhone and get an upgrad on everything else too. Win-win. 

Oh…wait… they ARE doing that. No wonder Google is resorting to this crap. 

Apple does not have a “standard”. That implies cross platform compatibility. iMessage only works on i devices 

My question is, why did it take them almost 8 years to sue? Shouldn't they of sued back in 2013 or 14? There should be a requirement that lawsuits of this type have to be brought with a certain amount of time- say, 5 years or something. 

I used to have an AirPort Extreme N simultaneous duel band and an Express N simultaneous duel band as an extender. When we ended up getting a new home theater system at the house, the wi-fi wasn't strong enough, so it was time to finally upgrade. I ended up going with a Linksys Wi-Fi 6 Velop mesh system for a few reasons, one being that it has 4 Ethernet ports on the back that are useable even on the satellite devices. That way we were able to hook up the Playstation and AppleTV to the router for better coverage. I'd just like to see a few software updates from them. Mainly, it has a USB 3 port for an external hard drive. Well, it only supports FAT and NTFS, which limits the usability to work with an Apple setup with large video files, which kinda negates the reason I bought a 12TB external HDD. (FAT doesn't work with hard drives that large, and also doesn't work with files over 4GB, so huge video files are a no-go. There are NTFS plugins available for the Mac, but it won't work with the AppleTV.) So, I need either exFAT or APFS support for the larger HDD and large video files. It also doesn't support HomeKit yet, while other, older Linksys routers do, which makes no sense to me. So, arg.... If Apple introduced a new AirPort, with Wi-Fi 6 and good mesh support, I would really take a good hard look at that. But, #FirstWorldProblems. 

Apple's website says which 5G and LTE bands each phone supports, but it doesn't mean anything to me. 

As great as this is, in order for Apple to be taken seriously by the pro crowd, they need to bring back the Mac Pro's ability to have extra PCI slots that work with whatever people want to put in them, not just what Apple says is ok. They also need to bring back the ability to use Thunderbolt and external GPU's. Adding in some sort of ability to use Windows would be a plus, either with VM support or some new version of Boot Camp. Until THAT happens, I'm staying with my Intel Mac. 

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

If Apple switched to RCS, how would a government be able to to silently spy on you by sending it an iMessage?

Did your cat walk across the keyboard to type that? Or did you have a stroke or something?

I feel “meh” about the whole thing. All my cards are already in Wallet. Why would I care to use another service to do something the phone already does? I do like other apps being able to use the NFC app to read and write data. But I don’t care about other banks or whatever being able to access the NFC chip. 

avon b7 said:

appleinsideruser said:

Why is this better for users? How do I choose which card/app is the default when I wave my device near a payment terminal?

Because users get choice. It also allows for competition. 

On my phone, I choose which system to use and that is the default. 

Now I hope that non-payment options become available like NFC for transport validation. 

You can already use transit cards on the iPhone, like Clipper Card here in the Bay Area 

JinTech said:

beowulfschmidt said:

If the phone didn't have a passcode, seems like he could just get the Apple ID, contact Apple and ask them to handle returning the device.

Can't you just ask Siri who the phone belongs to?

Try asking Siri yourself.