Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch

https://lemmy.ca/post/23946538

Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch - Lemmy.ca

They’re also adding a lot more incompatible text formatting and shit to keep Android incomplete with their real chat protocol. Gotta keep those teens bullying Android users. Also E2E encryption would be nice, but the EU didn’t force them to do that.

Still great because MMS is garbage and ruins photo and video quality.

There is no E2EE in RCS, so no amount of EU push would’ve enabled that. Also RCS was not a EU play, it’s a China play. RCS features are dependent on carrier implementation against GSM consortium’s spec.

So no, everything there is basically wrong… but hey, it goes well with the echo chamber vibes so upvotes to you!

Gruber: Apple was 'effectively forced' by China to bring RCS to iPhone - 9to5Mac

In November, Apple surprised us all when it announced that RCS support would come to the iPhone sometime this year....

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That’s a really dick way to respond to that post