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651 points openchampagne | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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jbentley1 ◴[04 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42934803[source]▶
Unless they add some basic functionality to include Android users, this is the evilest use of their walled garden yet.
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kingnothing ◴[04 Feb 25 16:46 UTC] No.42934862[source]▶
> anyone can RSVP, regardless of whether they have an Apple Account or Apple device.
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silisili ◴[04 Feb 25 20:55 UTC] No.42938512[source]▶
I'm skeptical of the implementation, given iMessage. I'm sure Android users RSVPs will show up in a green toxic fume cloud or some such.
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furyofantares ◴[04 Feb 25 21:37 UTC] No.42939165[source]▶
Did you know that in iMessage, Android user texts are the same color as iOS user messages? It's true.

As the iOS user, it is your own messages that are green or blue depending on whether it was sent using iMessage or SMS. It's useful feedback about whether your message was sent on a reliable channel.

I know it became a whole thing and that Apple has allowed it to remain as such. But it's not really an apt analogy.

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saagarjha ◴[04 Feb 25 22:36 UTC] No.42940048[source]▶
Do you not view RCS as being a reliable channel?
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1. furyofantares ◴[04 Feb 25 23:04 UTC] No.42940452[source]▶
I don't view SMS as reliable. It was only a couple years ago that I switched to Signal for a friend after our texts back and forth had been silently dropped one too many times.

I don't know how long RCS has been around, but my impression is most or all of my messages until recently were SMS.

iMessage now says "Text Message - RCS" or "Text Message - SMS" in the text entry box which is better than the green/blue bubble thing (though it does still have that).