“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:00 AM UTC

kelnos wrote: post #116

altairprime wrote: post #59

Most businesses, consumers, and developers universally continue to ignore the primary reason that iMessage is a closed platform, rather than an app on every platform as iTunes is: Apple is using device serial numbers for anti-spam, supported by a fully-authenticated hardware and software stack that does not allow user modification. This permits Apple to simply “console ban” any Apple device that spams on iMessage. Th…

I'd rather live in a world with spam than a world where corporations get to decide what I run on my devices, and cripple a bunch of critical applications if I decide I want to, y'know, actually do whatever I want with the hardware I own. I'm not unsympathetic to Apple's difficulties and goals here (assuming this spam problem is actually the reason, though I'm skeptical that there aren't also self-serving reasons that…

Post by inferiorhuman » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:02 AM UTC

alphabetting wrote: post #314

hbn wrote: post #104

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Google acting like RCS is the hot new standard is pretty disingenuous. In theory it's a standard, but in reality most carriers haven't been interested and haven't implemented it so the vast majority of RCS messages are routed through Google. I can't really blame Apple for not being interested in adopting a "standard" that's mostly Google pretending to be a standard.

RCS is infinitely better than the current state. Google isn't pretending it's a standard. They're trying to improve messaging between android and iphone uers. Apple won't because the current standard helps their business. It's pretty simple.

Post by ace2358 » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:03 AM UTC

Rackedup wrote: post #432

altairprime wrote: post #59

Most businesses, consumers, and developers universally continue to ignore the primary reason that iMessage is a closed platform, rather than an app on every platform as iTunes is: Apple is using device serial numbers for anti-spam, supported by a fully-authenticated hardware and software stack that does not allow user modification. This permits Apple to simply “console ban” any Apple device that spams on iMessage. Th…

That is just ridiculous. I don't get random spam on Matrix/Element... it even handles video calls and more... Do you get spam calls on your iphone?

Post by hot_gril » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:04 AM UTC

baby wrote: post #419

hot_gril wrote: post #414

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That doesn't mean a whole lot.

If you don’t know what these words mean sure

Post by dmitrygr » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 12:04 AM UTC

patja wrote: post #268

ivoras wrote: post #205

This is a US thing, right? Haven't received an SMS from a real person (in other words, all SMSes I get are 2FA etc) for, at least 5 years, maybe 10. Even people who use iPhones don't send SMSes, MMSes or anything as obsolete (including RCS). Everyone just seems to use WhatsApp and Telegram (or if they don't know any better, Viber). Locale: Central Europe. So, why would anyone stick to the obsolete stuff? Are there re…

does WhatsApp still require you to hand over all your contacts to them when you sign up? None of my contacts gave consent for me to share their private information.