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mikethemartian said:

I wonder how much Apple invests per year into this effort.

AppleZulu said:

This is a great opportunity to read in its entirety Dr. King’s famous speech from the March on Washington. 

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/i-have-a-dream-speech

There’s a lot there that is still applicable today. Far too often, people quote the one “content of their character” line out of context in order to use it to say almost exactly the opposite of what Dr. King said in that speech. So take a few minutes and read or listen to the whole thing. It was important then, and it’s important now. 

charlesn said:

Hey there, female Apple employees, good news! You can keep your jobs if you'll move to The Misogyny State! 

rob53 said:

This is simple to explain. Inflation and the ridiculous price increases blamed on COVID are causing people and companies to slow down on computer purchases. It's the same with cars and trucks. Everything is overpriced. CEO's are getting too much money, workers still aren't getting enough and stock holders are getting way too much money. Anyone with a brain knows this was going to happen. 

RayshardT said:

hmlongco said:

RayshardT said:

The point that Messages is the default and can't be changed is a valid argument for being anticompetitive in the iOS messaging ecosystem because it's makes it such that you can't fully switch to a different messaging app.  A different messaging app that can process SMS/MMS should be able to be the one stop shop for such data but Apple forcing users to use Messages which does nothing to make the SMS/MMS experience better. Even though SMS/MMS is an outdated technology, other apps could provide better user experiences. For example, in Google Messages on Android, emoji reactions on SMS are intercepted and displayed in a more friendly way. Another example would that another SMS/MMS app would inform the user to send a video via link instead of MMS to preserve quality. 

So how would it help to be able to switch the default messages app that handles SMS/MMS, other than now forcing people who use Messages and who send you messages to use a less secure protocol? At least Apple's upcoming support of RCS will fix some of those security problems.

People who want to use messages can continue to use Messages. What I'm saying is, for people who want to consolidate all their messaging into one place (and don't want to use the iMessage protocol) they don't have that option. Also, if you use Message, as soon as you lose internet connectivity or text someone who doesn't use iMessage, you're falling back to a less secure protocol (SMS/MMS). My argument is not about security, it's about user choice.