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Turtlenecks go a long way

Typically to the chin.

Microsoft’s market share was substantially higher then Apples is in their relative market segments.

I'd say higher, but not substantially. iPhone dominates the premium smartphone market, and iTunes is massive too.

when looked at by manuf. this isn't true at all.

Somehow I don’t mind this time. I like what Apple is doing and the UX they have been able to achieve so far.

I wouldn’t want to force them to adopt some third party protocol, especially if this is initiated by Google (who has a history of failed text/chat products).

They don't have to change their protocol, they'd just have to port to Android

I assumed the latest idea was for Apple to adopt RCS

> But Apple can adopt RCS—the modern industry standard—for these threads instead.

Source: https://www.android.com/get-the-message/ , published around the beginning of August as far as I recall.

They already support good, old-fashioned text messages, they could just do it without being petty.

Messages is a complex app. I imagine adding a new protocol (with its own quirks) and ensuring it stays compatible with everything else is in the best case not easy.