Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by sunsetandlabrea on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @02:19PM
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So where is it used except Android? With any market share that makes it significant beyond android?
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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by tuckerman on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:33PM
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According to the sources I was able to find, iOS and Android collectively make up more than 99% of the smart phone market. There isn’t any significant market share outside of Android because there is no significant market outside of Android.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by giantrobot on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:00PM
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Nowhere because it requires a phone company SIM. No SIM no RCS. So no RCS between a tablet and phone or two tablets or a PC and phone. Also, ever so wonderfully, carrier provided RCS has no E2EE. So you need Google's app using their RCS gateway to have E2EE only between Google messages users.
That's a weird reply when a market has mostly two players. By definition there won't be any other significant market share.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by sunsetandlabrea on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:59AM
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That's my point, it maybe a standard but for all intents and purposes it is just used by a single player.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by simonjgreen on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:03PM
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It's used by the manufacturers of phones, not just the Android base system. You don't need to be on the Google Messages app to use RCS. Eg it's supported on Samsung.