So, essentially the value proposition is you can be part of the elitist club that won't involve you in a conversation, due to Apple's UI making the experience of talking to a non-apple users unpleasant?
Yeah, I'm good 😂
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Kinda yeah. Not ideal at all.
This is the big reason why Apple isn’t implementing RCS or putting iMessage on Android. They’ve discovered that messaging is the killer feature to get people on the platform. And once you're there, everything else gets an Apple logo for convenience’s sake.
It's great marketing on their end, but I'm happy to have a great messaging experience without a greedy corporation gatekeeping and manipulating me into social classes.
Google's not making RCS part of AOSP either, since THEY want people on Android locked into Messages as a result of carrier incompetency and slow adaptation.
Both can get fucked as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, I don't use stock messaging apps either. Hell, I barely use sms or mms at all anymore, and very few people I communicate with do either.
I wish I could say that was the case; either I have to text or use fucking WhatsApp.