Hell has frozen over

  • subspaceinterferents
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    232 years ago

    So how will Apple craft this announcement in a way that avoids showing some kind of submission to the will and desires of the Android juggernaut? Let me guess… Anyone texting in from hardware other than an iPhone will still get the funky balloon color, eh?

      • @[email protected]
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        62 years ago

        It will be white text in neon yellow bubbles and if you don’t like it give me $1k you fucking pleb

    • phillaholic
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      42 years ago

      This is the announcement. Next year during WWDC they will have a like item about it on a slide and that’ll be it. They will continue to have features that RCS doesn’t support, and they won’t work outside of apples ecosystem.

    • kirklennon
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      52 years ago

      Anyone texting in from hardware other than an iPhone will still get the funky balloon color, eh?

      Green was always the default in the Messages app. Apple added blue to distinguish new iMessages. I see no reason for RCS not to stay with the default green.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    I wonder if this has anything to do with some sort of EU compliance requirement. Either way, you can guarantee Android messages will still have green bubbles, but if it doesn’t break iMessage chats, maybe people will chill out about it.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 years ago

      Yes, the EU is considering forcing Apple to open up imessage, so Apple doing this as kind of a pre emotive move to try and convince them that’s not necessary anymore because see we’re finally implementing rcs.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        Figured as much. Knowing Apple though, they’ll find a form of malicious compliance that satisfies the requirements but still keeps the shit show rolling.