Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square344fedilinkarrow-up1666cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1666external-linkApple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage appwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square344fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-211 months agoYeah. Because Apple has a proprietary messaging format. They won’t adopt the standard the rest of the world uses or open theirs up for others to use.
minus-squareLdyMeow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThey uh… are going to support rcs very soon so…
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoBy choice or by force?
minus-squareLdyMeow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHard to say. I think some eu stuff might have pressured a bit
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoDoesn’t change that it’s shitty now and has been for years. They don’t get credit for the EU pressuring them to be less shitty.
minus-squareLdyMeow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, I get that I wish they had done rcs earlier or whatever. Like I get not opening iMessage up, but at least support the best standard out there would be nice. MMS and sms are garbo
Yeah.
Because Apple has a proprietary messaging format. They won’t adopt the standard the rest of the world uses or open theirs up for others to use.
They uh… are going to support rcs very soon so…
By choice or by force?
Hard to say. I think some eu stuff might have pressured a bit
Doesn’t change that it’s shitty now and has been for years.
They don’t get credit for the EU pressuring them to be less shitty.
Yeah, I get that I wish they had done rcs earlier or whatever. Like I get not opening iMessage up, but at least support the best standard out there would be nice. MMS and sms are garbo