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bristow84 t1_jdcgnfr wrote

Reply to comment by Dadguy8 in Windows Phone Link for iOS soon! In Windows Insider Preview for Windows 11! Super exciting! by Darkmage4

Think about it from Apple's side, the RCS implementation that is most widely used is controlled by Google and run through Google's servers.

Do you really think they'd want to hand that kind of control over users and their messages over to Google, regardless of whether it's encrypted? Apple has made a big push over the last little while of trying to appear security focused, a decision like that wouldn't help.

Also soon as Google opens up the API to allow third party texting apps like Textra to use RCS, then I might be more willing to believe Google wants to work with anyone on it rather than control it themselves.

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Dadguy8 t1_jdci03o wrote

But who handles sms? I thought l rcs was just the next iteration of sms. Then google adds the encryption part of it. Can’t apple do it for their devices? I mean I guess you could say why when they have iMessage but if they’re so concerned about privacy, it would make iOS users completely secure then. Because technically apple users are vulnerable when texting via sms.

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