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Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU.

Right now, when people on iOS and Android message each other, the service falls back to SMS — photos and videos are sent at a lower quality, messages are shortened, and importantly, conversations are not end-to-end encrypted like they are in iMessage. Messages from Android phones show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats and chaos ensues.

Apple’s announcement was likely an effort to appease EU regulators.

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago (16 children)

I loved how blasé he mentioned it and moved right along. It is a pretty big announcement and I’m glad they are finally doing it. It will benefit many even if only indirectly.

[+] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

It's a terrible move, especially to make it default.

It's just as bad a protocol as SMS in its own way:

It's still tied to a phone number/sim, so you can't just login to the service via a browser or an app.

It has lots of failures, worst of all, SILENT FAILURES, where you don't even know your messages aren't being sent - just look at the communities around here discussing it.

There's no common protocol here really, lots of parts work only by decree of each host (e.g. iOS won't have E2EE with anyone not on iOS, because that requires every cell provider to agree to the config they're going to use.

This is the 21st century, and this is the best they can do - a protocol that fails with no notice? Without standardized encryption? That's tied to hardware?

I had a better experience in 2009 running Pidgin on my phone and my laptop using XMPP. That didn't require a phone number - I could login and see my messages in both places simultaneously... 15 years ago.

No, RCS is a way to make the plebes think they've got a new and better system while still delivering garbage.

Love you downvoters that don't know enough to argue, just drive by and downvote.

ONE person had the guts to say why he disagreed with me.

Nevermind that BorgDrone explained what's wrong with RCS better than I care to. You drive-by downvoters can't even be bothered to learn about RCS.

RCS is garbage. Plain and simple. I will never allow it on my devices, just like with Whatsapp, Facecrap, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 5 months ago

It's still tied to a phone number/sim, so you can't just login to the service via a browser or an app.

Damn, if only phones had phone numbers and SIM cards... That must really suck for future iPhone users. Apple really dropped the ball.

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