← Back to context Comment by cdrnsf 13 hours ago My family has made it clear that I need to be available on iMessage or I'd be right there with you. 10 comments cdrnsf Reply asdff 9 hours ago Why? There is literally no difference. imessage is seamless with sms and mms. drnick1 12 hours ago iPhones default to sending plain old texts to non-Apple devices so it's hardly an issue unless you don't have a phone number. TheDong 12 hours ago iMessage and RCS have some very different affordances, and apple keeps it that way to keep people walled into the system.Most notably, a single non-iMessage member in a group chat will degrade the experience for everyone significantly.It's very much an issue in the US. asdff 9 hours ago By "degrade the experience" you mean you get a text that says "TheDong liked $message." The horror! Maybe people will go back to just sending a thumbs up emoji. 2 replies → drnick1 12 hours ago Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix. 3 replies →
drnick1 12 hours ago iPhones default to sending plain old texts to non-Apple devices so it's hardly an issue unless you don't have a phone number. TheDong 12 hours ago iMessage and RCS have some very different affordances, and apple keeps it that way to keep people walled into the system.Most notably, a single non-iMessage member in a group chat will degrade the experience for everyone significantly.It's very much an issue in the US. asdff 9 hours ago By "degrade the experience" you mean you get a text that says "TheDong liked $message." The horror! Maybe people will go back to just sending a thumbs up emoji. 2 replies → drnick1 12 hours ago Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix. 3 replies →
TheDong 12 hours ago iMessage and RCS have some very different affordances, and apple keeps it that way to keep people walled into the system.Most notably, a single non-iMessage member in a group chat will degrade the experience for everyone significantly.It's very much an issue in the US. asdff 9 hours ago By "degrade the experience" you mean you get a text that says "TheDong liked $message." The horror! Maybe people will go back to just sending a thumbs up emoji. 2 replies → drnick1 12 hours ago Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix. 3 replies →
asdff 9 hours ago By "degrade the experience" you mean you get a text that says "TheDong liked $message." The horror! Maybe people will go back to just sending a thumbs up emoji. 2 replies →
drnick1 12 hours ago Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix. 3 replies →
Why? There is literally no difference. imessage is seamless with sms and mms.
iPhones default to sending plain old texts to non-Apple devices so it's hardly an issue unless you don't have a phone number.
iMessage and RCS have some very different affordances, and apple keeps it that way to keep people walled into the system.
Most notably, a single non-iMessage member in a group chat will degrade the experience for everyone significantly.
It's very much an issue in the US.
By "degrade the experience" you mean you get a text that says "TheDong liked $message." The horror! Maybe people will go back to just sending a thumbs up emoji.
2 replies →
Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix.
3 replies →