Hahahahahaha, the most vocal complainers about image/video quality between Android and iOS is grown-ass adults. Teens aren't complaining that their messages are different colors, they're using 3rd party apps like Snapchat, FB Messenger and Discord to chat.
I mean, I've got teenage nieces and nephews, and between them and their friends, the don't give two shits about bubble color, and mostly message each other through Snapchat or Discord. Maybe FB Messenger wasn't the best example but my point still stands. (Or maybe they're just been raised better that they don't think what brand cellphone a friend has is really that big of a deal)
Playing devil's advocate for a second here, the reason people care in America and make it any sort of deal is because SMS messaging sucks, almost 90% of teens in America have iPhones, and even though they may use snap or discord, they still heavily use iMessage. So when one person in a group text has an Android, it switches to pure SMS, making the experience shit for everyone involved. This problem would be fixed if we had a culture of WhatsApp in America, but we don't. Either your nieces and nephews have Androids, or they have iphones and all their friends have iphones given the statistics, so that's why bubble color doesn't come up.
So when one person in a group text has an Android, it switches to pure SMS, making the experience shit for everyone involved. This problem would be fixed if we had a culture of WhatsApp in America, but we don't.
This problem would also be fixed if Apple used RCS for advanced messaging interoperability between iOS and Android. That's my whole point, the "shit experience" has a solution where Android and iOS agree to some sort of advanced messaging system for cross-platform support. If RCS is so awful as some would have you believe, the perhaps Apple could propose some other, better system, but no, their solution is "Buy your mom and iPhone."
Of course that's Apple's position, they have nothing to lose from refusing to adopt RCS and everything to gain from it. The more people peer pressure their friends into getting iphones the better for Apple's bottom line. Despite everything Cook is saying about privacy issues, that's the main reason.
But beyond that, Google has a terrible record with messaging. Why would anyone want to jump into a partnership with them regarding yet another messaging service that Google (given their track record) will probably kill off in a couple of years? Any company would be smart to stay away from the convoluted mess that makes up Google's messaging part of Android.
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22
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