@[email protected] @gruber @julipuli Then you’re lucky enough to only have friends using Google-proprietary RCS. Which is not terribly different from only having friends with iPhones.

iMessage *requires* e2ee. RCS maybe sometimes can offer it. Given how important that distinction is, it’s a pretty serious UI problem to solve, and Apple’s blue-v-green coding is a very effective solution. Let’s please not do a homeland-security-advisory system-style color spectrum for different “degrees” of security.