Google says iMessage is too powerful

Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by X-Istence on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:29PM (#29901548)

You can use iMessage with an Apple ID without having any phone numbers associated with it.

There's no carrier required at all with iMessage. With RCS you HAVE to have a carrier.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by blendergeek on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:59AM (#29906347)

With iMessage, you must commit to doing business with one company as long as you use the service. That is vendor lock-in and is what Google is complaining about. With RCS, there is no one company that you must do business with to continue using they service.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by X-Istence on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:27PM (#29913623)

That's the same with WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram/others... unlike email which was distributed.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by tjoff on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:19AM (#29902636)

I'd rather be locked into a phone number than locked to apple though.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by jmcs on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:45AM (#29904278)

And with iMessage you need to have an Apple account, at least for carriers you have choices.

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