It's that time of year again, folks. As the tech world has sights set on the latest Apple event that is producing the new iPhone 16 as we speak, we all know we'll be seeing slightly improved phones, some impressive specs, and a few 'innovative" or "magic" new features from Apple. For me, however, the...
  • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    62·
    2 months ago

    RCS is the wrong one to use

    For you. I have relatives with iPhones I don’t talk to frequently but when we get together and somebody takes a group photo it’s annoying. Being able to just text a decent resolution photo without people needing to download an app is a win.

    I’ll continue to use Signal with friends and family I talk to regularly.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      43·
      2 months ago

      This right here. I have to have my mom send videos of the grandkids to my work iPhone because my personal Android received them heavily pixelated and compressed.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      If Apple implemented the Matrix or Signal protocol it would still work the same way for you, while not forcing other Android users to use on Google or Samsung’s proprietary apps, those being the only options for RCS.

      • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        42·
        2 months ago

        Huh? No it wouldn’t. If Apple implemented the Signal protocol they would still have to publish an iMessage app to the Play Store for Android users.

        Call Google’s messaging app proprietary all you want but at least their implementation of RCS is E2E encrypted.

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
          25·
          2 months ago

          If it used the Signal protocol any app that used that protocol which is open, could interact with it, that is the point. Whereas RCS is a closed protocol, just one that happens to also be interoperable with Google Messages, but not any other third party apps that people might want to make.

          To be honest, I’m a bit surprised that on Lemmy people are so against open standards and FOSS apps.

          • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            6·
            2 months ago

            That’s not how it works. Other apps (ironically including Google’s RCS implementation) use the Signal Protocol. Simply using it doesn’t magically make your app interoperable with every other app that uses it. And Apple would be the last company to go out of their way to make it work.

            Nobody here is against open standards or FOSS apps. I am actually lucky/privileged enough to be able to write open source code for a living.

            You seem to not understand the reality of the situation and that use case other than yours exist.

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            41·
            2 months ago

            If it used the Signal protocol any app that used that protocol which is open, could interact with it, that is the point.

            Google RCS messages already use the Signal protocol…

            As does WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook and Instagram.

            That’s not how it works.