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From: Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org>
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Subject: Re: Carriers are only slowly adapting to iOS 18 beta RCS integration
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:38:31 -0400
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On 2024-06-28 08:51, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
> On 28/06/2024 12:36, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>> Am 28.06.24 um 11:00 schrieb Andy Burns:
>>> Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>>
>>>> RCS is not adding any value to the communication options.
>>> For some of us (edge cases perhaps) it will.
>>>
>>> I use android, as do the majority of my friends/colleagues, but a
>>> minority use iphone.  I refuse to use Messenger/WhatsApp, they've never
>>> heard of Signal/Telegram.
>>>
>>> The only ways I can send them photos is MMS (which is expensive, so I
>>> only do it rarely) or email, which some of them don't have on their
>>> phones ... RCS does add value in that case.
>>
>> RCS cannot solve social issues. Your friends do not need RCS. What they
>> need is less resistance to learn.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> I dont see anything here which conclusively proves that RCS will be 
> universally availale in the long term

That's the "remains to be seen" part.  IAC, I stand by interested in the 
outcome.  But one part is clear: Apple will not implement Google's 
encryption scheme - it must be open source.

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