Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

  • msbeta1421@lemmy.worldEnglish
    207·
    1 year ago

    I would love if they would just roll out an iMessage app to android. Ideally free.

    I could realistically see them roll out an apple subscription pack to android eventually. Give users a way to access Apple Music, Fitness, etc. May even allow android users make use of Apple Watch.

    I’m not an Apple fan boy, but this seems like a decent compromise from a business perspective. This meets a need and I don’t think there’s a decent enough argument that it would cannibalize iPhone sales (flagship models anyway)

      • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
        243·
        1 year ago

        Signal or at least Telegram or Viber. Fuck WhatsApp, I’d like at least my messenger app to not belong to Facebook of all companies.

      • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        1 year ago

        I tried to use it a few months ago. It would not let me use it unless I gave it access to all my contacts’ information. I denied the permission request and it wouldn’t work.

        How in the hell are you okay with that?

        • AzureFrost@lemmy.oneEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          I’m pretty sure the stock SMS app that comes with your phone also needs access to the contacts permissions, but is enabled by default, so the app doesn’t even ask for it.

          • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            So in addition to that, why give the information to Facebook too?

            Remember, Zuckerberg thinks people are dumbfucks for giving information to him.

            Why do they go out of their way to disable the app if I deny access to contacts? Surely it would be less work to just add a couple of warnings telling me it may not work properly. But to disable the whole app? That is absolutely ridiculous.

          • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            1 year ago

            Give me the option to add contacts individually?

            That app is cancer, better just to nope out of the installation.

          • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            Because that’s how -phones- Whatsapp works,

            Yeah, that is also how computer viruses work. I was very thankful for permission control. That app is cancer.

                  • machinin@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    4·
                    1 year ago

                    So you’re saying that the only way a messaging app can work is to access all the information from all your contacts? If it doesn’t have all that information, it can’t work? If Whatsapp can’t have all that information, it would be impossible to function?

              • timetraveller@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                And all thieves pay close attention to laws, and make sure their apps have “nothing” hidden in the folds.

    • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      That would make the problem worse, it would be just another centralized chat app you need to install. We would get from “what about people not using iOS” to “what about people not using iOS or Google Android”.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        You can’t use an Apple watch on Android because it requires the Apple watch app to sync with the phone and that won’t work on Android.

        • nikscha@feddit.deEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Yes because iPhones have ✨magic chips✨ inside which only Apple has… I’m pretty sure the apple watch communicates with Bluetooth. Apple just deliberately shuts Android out.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Apple originally looked into it but decided not to because they wanted to maintain their ecosystem. Same story as usual.

            I have no idea why the above guy seems to think that Apple watches work on androids

            • nikscha@feddit.deEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              It doesn’t work on Android, I know that. But I’ll bet you 1000€ that Apple could enabled cross-platform compatibility with an OTA update.

        • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          That’s pretty stupid. I doubt many Android users would switch to Iphone you for a smartwatch, but a few would absolutely buy apple watches if they could.

          I guess the point is that they don’t want iphone users to switch to android since that would make their watch practically useless.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think that works, since why would people want yet another chat app to deal with. I tried several but usually gave them up because iMessage does what I need it to and I don’t want to check many

      Having everyone support RCS, as an update from SMS, gives that interoperability, along with improving the SMS experience

      I was a huge fan of what Pigeon tried to do, but I’m Apple-centric these days and have no idea what the state of that is

    • MrMcGasion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      FaceTime would be nice to have on Android as well, I know it technically works via a browser, if you get an invite from an iPhone user, but it’s such a bad experience for everyone. And I’m sure they do that because it’s easy peer pressure “advertising” from Apple users who want to video call with Android users, but can’t be bothered to put any work into using a compatible app, and instead blame Android users for the incompatibility.