Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

  • angstylittlecatboyEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    Encryption, photos are higher quality through it (this is where “Android cameras are bad” came from,) typing indicators, sending messages over Wi-Fi, iMessage games, and message effects.

    • bouldering_barista@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      9 months ago

      Some of that isn’t i-message specific though, right? I have a Pixel and it has high quality pictures, typing indicators, reads receipts, sends over wifi… the other stuff I don’t think Android has but that’s a bit gimicky anyway. Not trying to be an android fan girl but I really don’t understand what makes i-message better.

      • insomniac@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        The problem is the walled garden, both ecosystems have those features but they don’t work together. If all your friends have iPhones, there’s a lot of pressure to also have an iPhone. And once you’re in, you’re not likely getting out unless all your social circle does at once. That kind of lock in is extremely valuable.

        • theohgee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          I have an android and use Textra as my messaging app. I can see iPhone reactions and also react to messages agnostic of the other phone’s OS

      • angstylittlecatboyEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        I agree that all the stuff iMessage has that RCS doesn’t is gimmicky, I’m, an Android user myself…but if you have an Android and someone you want to text has an iPhone, you’re both using SMS.

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      All of this is available on just about every messaging service, so the real answer is tribalism and lack of consumer education.

      • angstylittlecatboyEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        But still, if you have an Android and someone you want to text has an iPhone, you’re using SMS, not RCS.

        I do believe RCS-compatibility for iMessage would make take a chunk out of iPhone sales honestly.

    • jmankman@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      My understanding of “Android cameras bad” came from snapchat on Android literally taking shittier pictures and videos for some reason.

      • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        It took a screenshot of the viewfinder instead of an actual shot with shutter settings etc.