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  • Google now tries getting EU to force open iMessage

    sphericspheric
    gatorguy said:
    spheric said:
    gatorguy said:
    spheric said:
    kmarei said:
    Google has BBE
    blue bubble envy :)
    Not sure why they'd lobby the EU to change it, though — literally nobody gives a shit about the blue bubbles in the EU. 
    It never had anything to do with the color of bubbles beyond it being a visual indicator of a difference.

    If you send a message from your iPhone to an Android user they don't see a blue bubble, will have no visual clue the message came from an iPhone, and might well have no idea what all the blue bubble ruckus is because they've never seen it unless they have some iPhone owning friend who shows them. 

    Pinning it all on a blue bubble is just an effort at being dismissive, "it's all just a juvenile vanity thing", instead of negatively effecting messaging services' continuity, security, and privacy.
    No, that's the European perspective. In America, where iOS has by far the majority usage share, it's a different matter. 

    I just find it curious that they're apparently playing that angle in a jurisdiction where it's completely irrelevant. 
    Try seeing it from a different perspective...

    When Android users converse with each other in Google Messages, their texts and shared media can be both private and highly secure due to E2EE RCS. That all changes when an iPhone enters the room.

    Once your iPhone's Apple Messages, AKA iMessage, joins the conversation, the discussion is compromised: No longer secure, no longer protected from eavesdropping, no longer encrypted as it travels between the devices used in the conversation. Because of an iPhone user the security, privacy, and continuity is thrown out the window. 

    It's for that reason that E2EE interoperability between messaging services is essential if we are to discuss things in private, no governments or cell carriers listening in. 
    The EU is doing a good thing IMHO, and MLS Protocol RFC 9420 will enable it. 
    I understand that, but the exact opposite is true, as well, and both are fairly irrelevant, since the dominant messenger BY FAR is WhatsApp. 

    Google is just trying to leverage the EU to gain more control over a protocol that they themselves only partially support (so far as it's to their advantage). 

    But my point was the Blue Bubble Envy, which is a real phenomenon in the United States, but simply Not A Thing here in Europe. 
    watto_cobra

  • Google now tries getting EU to force open iMessage

    sphericspheric
    gatorguy said:
    spheric said:
    kmarei said:
    Google has BBE
    blue bubble envy :)
    Not sure why they'd lobby the EU to change it, though — literally nobody gives a shit about the blue bubbles in the EU. 
    It never had anything to do with the color of bubbles beyond it being a visual indicator of a difference.

    If you send a message from your iPhone to an Android user they don't see a blue bubble, will have no visual clue the message came from an iPhone, and might well have no idea what all the blue bubble ruckus is because they've never seen it unless they have some iPhone owning friend who shows them. 

    Pinning it all on a blue bubble is just an effort at being dismissive, "it's all just a juvenile vanity thing", instead of negatively effecting messaging services' continuity, security, and privacy.
    No, that's the European perspective. In America, where iOS has by far the majority usage share, it's a different matter. 

    I just find it curious that they're apparently playing that angle in a jurisdiction where it's completely irrelevant. 
    watto_cobra

  • Google now tries getting EU to force open iMessage

    sphericspheric
    kmarei said:
    Google has BBE
    blue bubble envy :)
    Not sure why they'd lobby the EU to change it, though — literally nobody gives a shit about the blue bubbles in the EU. 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM

    sphericspheric
    The memory compression really IS a remarkable feature. It literally doubled the useful life of my MacBook Pro at the time it was introduced — I was ready to replace it, and suddenly heavy productions that had stopped my machine in its tracks (heh, pun intended) started working fine again, literally overnight. 

    But that was in 2013 - a DECADE ago. 

    Arguing that in 2023 is a little weird. 
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamAlex1Nappleinsideruser

  • M2 MacBook Pro vs M3 MacBook Pro -- specs, features compared

    sphericspheric
    dutchlord said:
    Why this performance improvement obsession?  I never had a performance problem with any Intel/M powered Mac. Even my 8 year old Macbook Pro still flies and handles any video editing workflow with ease. 
    My late 2016 MacBook Pro easily hit the limits of its capability in the studio, requiring annoying and tedious workarounds and planning.

    And it sounded like a kitchen range hood long before getting anywhere near its limits. 

    I'm not "obsessing" over performance improvements, but it's nice to know that there will be a substantial jump when this machine is due for replacement in five or seven or whatever years. 
    Alex1Ngrandact73