Google exec gives harshest rebuke yet of iMessage lock-in effect in push for RCS on iOS – We can’t replace SMS texts without having one standard for messaging
SMS text messaging is an archaic, expensive, and limited messaging standard. Yet it remains in place as the de facto standard for notifications because everything else is a walled garden and cut off from other messenger services. WhatsApp does not send to Telegram which does not send to Signal, etc. Apple has deliberately withheld iMessage...
