Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

realharo , 7 months ago

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.

cyberpunk007 , 7 months ago

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

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

Ghostalmedia , 7 months ago

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 , 7 months ago

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

My friends who use android use signal.

rambaroo , 7 months ago

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 , 7 months ago

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

601error , 7 months ago

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

NOT_RICK , 7 months ago

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