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651 points openchampagne | 2 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.591s | source
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lordofgibbons ◴[04 Feb 25 22:24 UTC] No.42939855[source]▶
I really hope this fails.

Apple will use it's dominant position to create lock in like how they did with iMessage instead of cooperating with other platforms on a common standard.

Oder friends and family are surprised when they want to video call over Facetime and find it hard to believe other people's phones don't have Apple apps.

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canucker2016 ◴[04 Feb 25 22:52 UTC] No.42940281[source]▶
Blame the telcos for the relative poor quality of text message multimedia (via MMS).

The telcos specify the size limits of MMS messages. iMessage has much higher limits in most cases, so iPhone has to use reduce the quality of the pics/videos to reach the lower size limits for sending to non-iMessage recipients.

For the telcos, why would they upgrade their size limits for MMS - it's just a cost centre for them. They probably make more by selling more iPhones as well.

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1. cglong ◴[04 Feb 25 22:59 UTC] No.42940385[source]▶
I'll blame Apple for dragging their feet on RCS as long as they possibly could
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2. Schiendelman ◴[05 Feb 25 01:15 UTC] No.42942075[source]▶
Honestly, having used it now, I don't think they should have implemented it at all. It's terrible, unpredictable, breaks when changing networks…