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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by AbrahamParangi on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:15PM (#20207458)
iOS holds something like 50% of US marketshare and iMessage takes a lot of the wind out of third-party messaging apps.
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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by pfundstein on Monday June 17, 2019 @07:12PM (#20208231)
According to StatCounter, the iOS market share in the US is 57% [0]. But worldwide it is only 22% with Android at 75% [1].

[0] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-stat...

[1] http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide

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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by AbrahamParangi on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:40PM (#20209587)
Yes, hence the lower penetration of third party messaging apps in the US. In the US iMessage does much of what you'd want a third party app for and it's transparently integrated with SMS for approximately half the population.
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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by saagarjha on Monday June 17, 2019 @06:03PM (#20207821)
Only in the US, I hear.
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