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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by 486sx33 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:41PM (#39783433)
If you pay for iCloud ($4 a month) you can send an iCloud link easily to any video that anyone else can access at full resolution

I realize this isn’t what you are asking for. But it works well and doesn’t depend on Google’s closed version of RCS

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by ricktdotorg on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:13PM (#39786003)
long-time iPhone user here, i did not know this!

thank you for posting!

FYI for those others who don't know: click on a video in your photos app. click share --> "Copy iCloud Link"

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by jquery on Friday March 22, 2024 @01:05AM (#39787618)
Careful, it will leak your real name. It's no good for anonymous sharing.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by 486sx33 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @01:49PM (#39842344)
Indeed, your real name will come out.. but otherwise its a nice feature
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by rezonant on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:33AM (#39788528)
Pretty sure Apple will make the recipient sign up for an Apple account to view the content. At least it does this for notes sharing.

EDIT: Tried it on my iPhone and it does not require an Apple account, kudos Apple. It does show my full real name as others have mentioned.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by xp84 on Friday March 22, 2024 @09:41AM (#39790656)
That’s via email, right? Or is there something they offer in the messages app now?
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by 486sx33 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @01:47PM (#39842326)
you can send the icloud link via SMS or really anywhere, telegram whatever, using the copy icloud link button
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