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In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[–] echo64 -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the bubbles will stay the different colors, which is all apple really cares about. They get a /lot/ of sales on bubble color. So keep the regulators who want to open up imessage to others at bay and keep the primary benefit to apple. As a bonus, it's less terrible in general for all of us.

Win-win-win.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They get a /lot/ of sales on bubble color.

This is soooo weird for me. I mean, it's the content which counts?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A lot of high schoolers and people who never grew up after that consider it a status symbol.

[–] die444die 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thats because it’s just not true that people care about bubble color. Or at least no one I’ve ever encountered at least. The way people talk about it on here you’d think kids were killing themselves because they have an android phone and no one with iPhones will talk to them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if you're serious, but as someone who graduated a US high school just a few years ago, yes young people actually do care about stupid things like this. Real otherwise completely normal seeming people discriminate based on bubble color.

[–] die444die 1 points 11 months ago

They should be publicly ridiculed and shamed then for their stupidity.