Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: How to Enable RCS on iPhone with iOS 18 & iMessage vs RCS Key differences Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:28:32 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:28:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6044f697ca95bfaee358ced3d7acff70"; logging-data="3065905"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+lFPI0KEt2UimyKgTTC8ykkWnQodp+Nko=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:oh999Dx4QMlPSzYspP8gZHKyiuc= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2050 On 2024-09-23 13:15, Sten deJoode wrote: > >> Nobody needs such inferior "carrier services". >> iPhone user prefer iMsg with the beautiful dark blue bubbles or another >> messenger service but certainly not such crap like RCS which breaks all >> encryptions or even doesn't have any. > > A message going through Apple's system has ten times the requirements of > that same message going through just the carrier's services. > > For one, it requires an account on Apple's servers, which nobody on Android > would need - and which is used by Apple to provide others with your data. Give a single example of Apple providing user data to others. > > Apple reports every year how many people they ratted out for example > because of those additional overhead accounts above carrier services. Any messaging service requires you to have an account, doofus.