Yes, but proprietary methods encourage fragmentation. Id rather they build on a universal standard that gets updated once in a while. If apple were to open up iMessage, I’d be on board. But not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.
I bet their version of RCS is also minimal. Just so they can complain about how broken RCS is. Thanks to their shenanigans, third party messaging apps thrive outside of the standards and market fragmentation is real. Getting to be a damn pain having to check which apps a person has before being able to communicate with them.
Back when movies looked good…
The ushering of the $1 price point did it. Most apps aren’t worth even that, so the developers struggle to make ends meet, resorting to subs and ads to make it work. Even the ‘legitimate’ app developers suffer because a $60 app looks ridiculous in a sea of $1s, so they have to swallow the pill and undercharge, hoping the volume would make up for it. It’s sad, and given that most successful apps aren’t the first from a developer, and well, you get the picture.
Oh. The ‘idea’ guys and the app store get their cut, regardless.
Dunno. U wear for coverage, or for support? If the former, they can last decades. If the latter, prolly 2-4 years.
Bill the cat plant
When you pick a degree based on what you think will pay out, versus what you love, or even what you are inclined towards…
Glad that the public is finally catching on. It’s annoying that social clout now effectively coerces people onto these platforms. Maybe the age of standards is giving way to proprietary walked gardens again. Legislators and standards bodies are failing us.
Oh, and I can’t pay you up front, but you may use me as a reference for any future opportunities you may have.
Anyone who’s not an influencer who bought it solely for the likes, fully intending to return it, care to chime in about the thing?
Yeah. I suppose this is also bidens fault. /s
Oh this’ll go down well with certain demographics… /s
He should get into Malaysian politics.
Gotta scale back the saturation on those NASA filters, mate!
Because lawyers, accountants and MBAs making policy for things they don’t understand.
What an Arso!
Like my USB mouse working with any computer, I used to be able to pick up a phone and text anyone on the planet without having to check which app they’re on. Sure there are the ‘de facto’ apps, but these vary by country and social group. The reason for the proliferation of the third party apps lies squarely on the proprietary, ckosed protocols by each of them and viral growth during the early days when the telcos were still figuring out data-based text and voice - players were playing up their features like ‘security’ and ‘privacy’ and creating the walled gardens as you mentioned. The current leaders grew due to rapid adoption and a person’s social clout. Just try dating nowadays in Asia, where multiple texting apps reside on a typical phone. Don’t kid yourself - the messages mentioned earlier serve only the marketing goals of each app and just lock you in with FOMO or the hassle of switching. The companies don’t give a shit about your privacy, as long as they can monetize your data, feed and activity.
RCS, to me, wants to take us back to industry standardization, so any provider can follow the standard and immediately be connected to everyone, instead of having to deal with different platforms, protocols. An iphone should be able to communicate with an Android and all the flavours without degradation or the color of the bubbles. Sure, the current implementation of RCS is google’s, but the standard is not. Hopefully, managed by a (neutral) standards body, the shortcomings people point out will be patched and adopted by the app developers. Desired featured will be folded into the standards and make their way into then apps. This, again to me, while slower, is preferable than being tied to the whims of a provider, e.g. Whatsapp, iMessage and telegram, does away with the market fragmentation (not competition) and gets rid off all the artificial bullshit like blue/ green bubbles, security lapses and image degredation between apps.
Just my 2c. Do with it as you will.
Did… Did the bubble finally burst? I can has home now?
Apparently guns don’t fix the fact that you’re basically a fucking coward.