by andrewmutz 7 hours ago
Completely agree. And to make matters worse, I can't even switch to android without losing the ability to reliably send quality video to iPhone users.
Apple suffered for decades from Microsoft's anticompetitive OS monopoly, and turned around and did the same thing to the android ecosystem.
I have no idea why this sub is full of Apple fanboys. I was an Apple fan 10 years ago, but these days they no longer deserve your support.
> the ability to reliably send quality video to iPhone users.
Just curious but why? Is it iMessage lock in?
Yes exactly. RCS exists but unless an iPhone user goes and turns it on it won't work. Which means no one has it turned on.
I don't think that's true. Every iPhone user I've texted in the last 6 months at least has had rcs turned on, and that's including some very non tech savvy friends that I doubt did it manually
It's also dependent on the telco supporting it. Australian telcos don't.
RCS compatibility with iMessages relies on the telcos to implement it, particularly for group chats.
iMessages work using SMS 1-to-1, but group chats require the telcos to enable RCS instead of SMS.
Of the 3 telco network operators in Australia, none of them have enabled it.
And no one uses WhatsApp, Telegram, Line or another cross platform messaging service?