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I don't often come to this site but this has to be one of the strangest articles I've read in the tech space. 

The strangest part is that it attacks RCS as if it is a Google product. 

"It is Google's problem that Android users don't have the same benefit by default." Android users do have it by default. Not with iOS users though. That's the entire point of their campaign. 

RCS does not need to replace iMessage. iMessage just needs to fallback to RCS, which will then fallback to SMS. Apple can modify the RCS UP spec if they wanted to. They collaborated with the GSMA on the eSIM spec. They don't even need to be a member of the GSMA to have a say considering their size and influence. But note that even Amazon and AMD are members, among dozens of other companies.

It's a really naive take that doesn't once mention the GSMA, the Universal Profile spec, and a better solution for issues such as people excluding others because of their device due to the lack of interoperability. 

I don't like Google but underdogs often do things that consumers like so that they can make money. Google being an underdog in messaging. I dislike quite a few things about RCS and how Google has implemented it on Android, but on iOS it's only an improvement over SMS. 

There's even people comparing RCS to Flash. 🥴 I may be wasting my time here. It's really weird that I'm making a comment like this after googling about this but yeah.

And yes, WebGPU is a good example of Apple working with Google (and Mozilla) for cross platform interoperability!! (even though it has its own issues that I won't go into here lol) - let's not forget that Apple is still full-steam with only Metal T.T

econ101 said:

www.www.www.com said:

RCS is now the standard for all Android phones, so it's wrong to say that Android users can't share high-res images by default.

Sure, RCS isn't perfect and is still mid-adoption, but you say it's not the solution to fixing cross-platform messaging without offering any other options. What would you rather see happen to improve how iOS and Android communicate? It's easy to criticize, but you don't seem to have a better solution to offer.

Nothing is perfect, so saying RCS isn't perfect doesn't add anything to the discussion.

Your argument here doesn't make any sense and here's why: it's not Apple or Appleinsider that's complaining about cross-platform messaging. So when Google suggests a solution, Apple is free to say "no thanks.' They aren't required to offer their own solution; they aren't the ones complaining. 

I owned an iPhone for years and still complained. There is an issue. You're just not affected by it as it's a social one that depends on messaging apps' network effect. Apple is letting down more than just Google, but many Apple customers and Android users. Google's campaign is written in a way that explains green bubbles on iPhones to end-users of both iOS and Android. A high school level analysis, but hopefully you already understood that anyway.