Per the article, they do affect iPhone users.

The article is an ad from Google. They have a vested interest.

While I'm sure there are grains of truth in the article, I'm also sure they're presented in such a way to lead you to a conclusion.

Google wants to either get access to the iMessage ecosystem or relegate it to the fringe. Because they can exert pressure on RCS, they cannot exert pressure on iMessage.

Per experience, they do not. At least, they do not affect me in the slightest. Never had any of these alleged problems.

It affects them in that everytime an iPhone users text me a video I have to ask them to post it somewhere else so I can view it. The videos are so small and blurry I can never see what's happening in them. I[hone users are have unsent messages to android users without cell service which happens all the time and is confusing why some texts send and some don't and it's a function of the type of phone the receiving party has (?!)

You get a notification if your iPhone can't send the SMS, and a clear indication that it didn't send.

The lack of ability to leave a group text chat is the most annoying thing ever. Spammers send these group texts and there’s no way to leave.

It doesn’t. Messages fallback to SMS when I talk to my parents or friends who don’t have an iPhone and… it works. I can send text, photos, etc. and it works. Some accusations are ridiculous, like how white on green is somehow illegible compared to white on blue? Come on.

> I can send text, photos, etc. and it works.

Only if "low quality blurry images and video" is your definition of "it works". Or maybe you've just never checked what the image actually looks like on the receiving phone.

It doesn't. An article written by Google for their own benefit is less of an article and actually more akin to corporate propaganda. It is not a trustworthy source.

It does affect Apple users, very much so.

Simple; regulators will come after if Apple refuses to do so. DMA is just one response.