Re: Encryption comes to RCS at last on iPhones.

On 2025-03-17 13:34, Marion wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:40:26 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote :
 

Texting a Green Bubble will feel as native as engaging another iPhone user on iMessage.

 While this is welcome news, my instant reaction was "OMG", Apple was
forced, finally, to make their iPhone begin to work in the real world.

"Forced"?
By whom?

 This is going to fundamentally impact Apple's strategy of never testing the
iPhone in the real world (which is one reason why iOS is so damn buggy).

Look: more assertions for the "man" who claims he only states facts.
:-)

 But more than the impact of having to test an iPhone with other phones,
Apple is slowly being forced to do what's right for its customer base.

 > > No wonder Federighi said there's nothing that terrifies him more than Apple

actually working in the real world when he was asked about this long ago.

Apple never had a problem with the concept of RCS...
...but didn't want its encryption to be controlled by one company.