Well I'm sure the EU will be delighted to hear this.<p>As explained here [0], it will soon be mandatory for all large messaging apps to interoperable - as part of the DMA (Digital Market Act).
As to how that will be done technically, nobody knows, but RCS is definitely a standard that could be used.<p>[0] : <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220315IPR25504/deal-on-digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-competition-and-more-choice-for-users" rel="nofollow">https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220315IP...</a>
There is no doubt in my mind that lesser privileged kids get bullied when they get invited to an iPhone texting group and they instantly break all functionality with cheaper Android phones. Apple downplaying teenage (hell even younger now) bullying for profit and people leaping to their defense is disheartening.<p>I'll just leave this here since people may not be aware just how bad it is, <a href="https://connect.uclahealth.org/2022/03/15/suicide-rate-highest-among-teens-and-young-adults/" rel="nofollow">https://connect.uclahealth.org/2022/03/15/suicide-rate-highe...</a>
While it's annoying that Apple doesn't do what people <i>want</i> them to do (like drop Lightning in favor of USB-C) I have to appreciate that there are still companies making "You do it our way or not at all" decisions for their customers. To quote Steve Jobs from 1997: at least people are making decisions about products instead of conducting polls or having a popularity contest.
Ah yes let's adopt RCS, a standard that requires a phone number, isn't encrypted (yes I recognize that Google has a proprietary extension to the standard but that isn't part of the standard and is not standardised), and is controlled by carriers (A group known for supporting development of features that make them less relevant).<p>The blue vs. green is a very easy to understand demarcation for secure vs. insecure. Blue = secure, green = insecure.
I don’t get why in the US people still use SMS.
Third party apps run basically everywhere and they don’t depend on carriers and manufacturers supporting things.