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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17792695

After slowly phasing the app out in some regions, Samsung has announced that it will no longer pre-install Samsung Messages...

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Literally nobody is hung up on bubble colours other than you and iPhone users... Most people don't give a shit, and the added benefits of RCS basically bring it up to spec with a typical messenger, and since it's pre-installed it means that you don't need to worry about messenger app segregation. You don't even need to create an account.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Literally nobody is hung up on bubble colours other than you and iPhone users…

Sure.

Most people don’t give a shit

Absolutely untrue. Not only do the handful of American Android users cry about that all the time, even Google cried about iMessage: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23951935/google-european-telcos-apple-imessage-digital-markets-act-core-platform-service-gatekeeper-lobbying

You don’t even need to create an account.

People make accounts all the time. With Google's RCS, they have an account on Google's servers.

[–] arty@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

With Google’s RCS, they have an account on Google’s servers.

Do they though? I had a feeling that RCS works through the carrier, that’s why a carrier needs to support RCS for it to work.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I had a feeling that RCS works through the carrier, that’s why a carrier needs to support RCS for it to work.

That what happens when you discuss based on feelings and not knowledge. https://support.google.com/messages/answer/9487020

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

tries to have internet fight.

shares documentation that is contrary to their argument.

To make sure your messages are properly delivered, Google uses information like your phone number, device identifiers, and SIM card number. This data may be stored for about a month in order to keep you connected to RCS and in cases where you temporarily go offline.

[–] arty@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

This is why I asked: to learn. Thanks for the link!

From the point of view of an Android user, iMessage falls back to SMS/MMS protocols, so when an iPhone user would click the heart reaction button in iMessage, you'd get a text message that says "Flig Fligerson loves your message."

Instead of pushing a client to other platforms, they deliberately just made the experience shit. I really don't see the appeal in Apple products.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A small handful of iOS users might complain about iOS, but a majority of us don't give a shit and can't understand why anybody would brag about having an inferior OS.

And sure people make accounts all the time, but if doesn't mean they enjoy doing it. I doubt most people enjoy having to flip between messenger, signal, telegram, and WhatsApp - and RCS fixes most of that since everybody has access to it, and SMS is still a main go-to for messaging in north America anyway.

Any more stupid takes to share with us?