GenZ Android owners are bullied for not having an iPhone, but refuse to switch
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This perspective doesn't make sense to me, but it's how a majority of people think.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23475819/google-messages...
Also the US carriers are only "supporting" RCS because they have no choice in the manner - Google pushed it hard. Imagine if Google have pulled the plug, would the carriers still maintain it?
Even though there’s nuance to this (RCS is a standard but Google’s running their own server with E2E extensions), this statement is a common ruse to deflect the blame onto Google. All modern instant messaging services are centralised. This entire “Google runs RCS” debate is a straw man to deflect blame onto Google. Meanwhile, Apple is the party that doesn’t want anyone plugging into its walled garden.
Until now, where suddenly Google seems to be the only RCS operator in town because hardly any carriers want to run their own RCS infrastructure.
And this is precisely why. If RCS services were being operated by any other company, even Amazon, there isn't that problem of "what if Google pulled this out again" and RCS might be more palatable to the point that Apple will be forced to integrate it. Instead, Google pushed RCS out because they knew that they screwed up Hangouts hard.
They _used_ to always work, but Apple's software quality has been declining over the years.
Your definition of "works" is strange. Apple is not able to display a menu name when you use a bigger font.
You can say that iPhone users are roughly three times as likely to be GenZ than Samsung users, I suppose.
If such flip phones had decent hardware (being able to run a messenger and Spotify without lag) I would unironically switch from my iPhone. I miss typing with T9 :)
My friends and I have been WhatsApping up a storm even before the first iPhone became available in my country. This was pre-android, believe it or not, WhatsApp used to host JARs you could download for your Symbian dumb phone. Before WhatsApp we used a service called MxIT.
For me and most of my peers, non-SMS mobile chat dates back as far as early 2000s. For all my teenage and adult life, I've never once sent or received an SMS in a social context. My SMS inbox is 100٪ banking transaction alerts, OTPs and spam.
This feels like the "repression" being claimed by certain political and religious groups, only less consequential.
Yep, it happens. I just don't care. If a friend wont speak to you because you have the wrong phone, shitty friend.
It’s just kids being kids.
But I’m sure I won’t have to hold my breath long to see this shovelware ragebait article catch HN readers hook, line, and sinker. I can already see the paragraph-long comment about how Apple’s continued dominance represents the downfall of society. When in reality we may as well be talking about Team Edward vs Team Jacob, or Team Rue vs Team Jules, or whatever.