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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by v7p1Qbt1im on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @02:41AM (#20210263)
True. Now that you mention it. I seem to remember having iMessage (the feature) be opt-in in Europe. So the feature is on by default in the US for sure? I guess that somehow negates my earlier post. But I suppose people would notice the green bubbles everywhere and remember to turn it on.

Hmm is this a defense against antitrust concerns as well?

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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by Nextgrid on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:48PM (#20226671)
iMessage is not opt-in. It's enabled by default even here in the UK. The good thing about it is that it doesn't even require an account, if you just want to use it with a phone number (you need an account if you want to use it with another identity like an email address).
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