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And I'll be the contra to your take: the iMessage ecosystem is so closed that everyone without iphones can barely even interact via sms with iphone users. This is overall such a huge problem that it makes the closed ecosystem security solution not a practical solution

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Nope, SMS works. Just fine. Apple rightly warns you that you are in a lower security environment by adding a bit of visual friction. This is true EVEN IF you are using RCS, because European laws require termination and inspection when RCS messages “interoperate” and are sent to other providers.

This is something I agree with. The world would be more secure if we made SMS obsolete and Apple making a push away from it is arguably net positive.

I’ve never had an issue texting via SMS since iMessage was available. Now, I can do RCA as well. What issues should I have encountered?

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