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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:40PM (#32406098)
This is about adopting RCS, NOT about pushing iMessage to other platforms.
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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by altairprime on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:57PM (#32407697)
This post is about Google pushing RCS to other platforms. I’m pointing out why their competitor, Apple, has not done the same with RCS’s competitor, iMessage. It’s an apples-to-apples comparison, and I consider it relevant to be mindful of this particular difference when considering RCS.

Google could have implemented crypto-signed device identifier attestation as a mandatory requirement for RCS, which would have given them considerable leverage against iMessage. Why wouldn’t they? What was more important to them than stopping texting spam?

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:25AM (#32410756)
> This post is about Google pushing RCS to other platforms.

RCS doesn't belong to Google. It's a standard.

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by dcow on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:48PM (#32415875)
> which would have given them considerable leverage against iMessage.

Citation needed.

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