Update your phone to iOS 18 and start texting with the rest of us

[Tracker]

Don't let me explain it..

Let Google

iOS 18 is reworking iMessage to finally work with Android..

Android has had a system like iMessage that's been in use for about 5 years now called RCS.. now iMessage and RCS can talk together

The bubbles will still be green... But so much better

[Grendel]

.....but I thought iPhones are the best phones?????

[Tracker]

They still can be, but now I can send and receive full rez videos via text with my apple friends and their ”better" phones 😂

At least now you don't have to buy a special phone just to get access to a special messaging service that's only compatible with other people with the same special phone

[Trbo323]

Wait so apple is finally is allowing people to send not blurry pictures and video?

From a supposedly superior camera?

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[Tracker]

Yes, that!!

[k_obeastly]

I think I liked it better when men talked about trucks.

[Cdn_Cuda]

They can, but now with hi rez pictures!

[k_obeastly]

Teehee giggle squeal

[RAZRBAKK]

I am happy enough using Signal. RCS is cool, but I'd rather have the encrypted chat than any of the features RCS/iMessage offer.

[William the Third]

Same here dude. I've been a Signal user since before there was a Signal. Back when it was two different apps, TextSecure and RedPhone. I also been a big fan of Moxie's work for a long time.

[vijil]

Signal has kinda gone to crap though.

Removing the ability to set colours for the bubbles per contact was a huge PITA for me, and then the fact it only works on one device at a time (besides, weirdly, a PC) so I can't have it on both my tablet and phone, and then removing SMS functionality meaning I can no longer convince anyone to use it who doesn't already...

Now I only use it because there are no good alternatives I could convince family and friends to adopt, not because it's any good.

[RAZRBAKK]

@vijiji I hear you on that. They've been talking about adding additional devices for years and still haven't.

The thing is, I don't use Signal for the features. I simply use it for the encryption. I have a few schizoid old-internet friends that I've been able to convince, but most of my family and friends are not interested. So I don't text them.

People get so blinded by the features in these apps that they forget what the app is even for. Frankly, I don't have patience for them. Don't get me wrong, I text some people because it's the only way to communicate with them. But anyone that I'm going to have a personal conversation with, it's Signal or it's in person.

The next options are arguably more schizo and difficult to get on-board with lol. I've wanted to move to Briar for chats with my girlfriend, but even she's not into that.

It's very difficult to get people on-board with a lot of this stuff, but I don't see that as a reason to compromise.

[Trbo323]

Not sure how much proof is behind this but I actually just heard by word of mouth that this isn't so much apple deciding to be nice to their customers but rather they were staring down the barrel of a potential lawsuit from the government basically saying that by actions such as intentionally degrading communications between phone brands that they were trying to create a monopoly.

I'll look into it when I have time

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[russc]

Not sure how much proof is behind this but I actually just heard by word of mouth that this isn't so much apple deciding to be nice to their customers but rather they were staring down the barrel of a potential lawsuit from the government basically saying that by actions such as intentionally degrading communications between phone brands that they were trying to create a monopoly.

My understanding was that it was driven by EU antitrust laws

[Tracker]

I think it's a lot of this as well as RCS being able to operate on some of the same level as iMessage, the location sharing thing was always a big sticking point for "why we can't make iMessage work"

[pghp8ntballer]

I still miss the days of texting with 10 digits. You could literally type a conversation blindfolded. Screw this touch screen crap.

[vijil]

I can write blindfolded on my phone. It's called slide typing on gboard. Much faster than I ever was with buttons and very close to my touch typing speed on PC.

[martix_agent]

Not sure how much proof is behind this but I actually just heard by word of mouth that this isn't so much apple deciding to be nice to their customers but rather they were staring down the barrel of a potential lawsuit from the government basically saying that by actions such as intentionally degrading communications between phone brands that they were trying to create a monopoly.

I'll look into it when I have time

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This is exactly how they were forced to switch to a USB plug. Europe knows how to deal with companies who try to rip off consumers.
The software side of things might be a little messier to regulate, but I can appreciate that there's trying at least. It's absolutely insane that the iphone software refuses to play nice with other manufactures simply because they don't want to.