Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 02:00
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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year::In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The…

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 02:17 next collapse

I’m honestly shocked. Getting ahead of the newly more agressive FTC?

Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 02:35 collapse

Nah from their statement it sounds more like they’re only going to support the open standard and contribute to improving it in order to hurt Google and their proprietary implementation.

Apple already said they would NOT support any proprietary encryption, which indicates that they won’t support Google Jibe.

deeply_moving_queef@lemmy.ml on 17 Nov 2023 04:07 next collapse

Is Google Jibe really a new messaging platform from Google or satire? Because I really can’t tell at this stage.

Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 04:22 collapse

It’s their implementation of RCS, yeah.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 05:11 collapse

Apple need to get ahead of this before regulators jump in and force RCS without really understanding the protocol.

A lot of people think RCS is just iMessage, but open. Truth is, there are some pretty big gaps around things like encryption, being able to message without a phone number, etc.

601error@lemmy.ca on 17 Nov 2023 03:43 next collapse

Friggin’ finally! I’ll finally be able to remove some of those alternative chat apps I don’t really like.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca on 17 Nov 2023 04:21 next collapse

But apparently the infamy is chat bubble colours are not going anywhere.

androidauthority.com/green-bubbles-imessage-rcs-a…

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 04:59 next collapse

I kind of want the different colors for now. This will be unencrypted until we get universal E2EE that isn’t being gate kept by Google.

That’s a pretty important feature gap, and I want to know if something isn’t secure E2E.

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Nov 2023 07:17 next collapse

I definitely want to know google has no hand in my data. The colors are good.

My friends who use android use signal.

rambaroo@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 12:09 collapse

RCS isn’t “gatekept” by Google, it’s an open standard. Other companies could set up their own RCS servers but they didn’t want to spend the money.

killeronthecorner@lemmy.world on 17 Nov 2023 07:41 collapse

It would be very Apple-y to let people set the bubble color. I hope they do the usual thing of finding a way forward without having to admit they were wrong. It’s a bit annoying but better than nothing

realharo@lemm.ee on 17 Nov 2023 11:12 collapse

Evidence that government regulation of big tech works.

Of course some regulation is better than other, etc. but this is a big win for that side.