They don’t even have to enable RCS like Google wants; they could release an iMessage app for Android.
They’d control the data from it, they could require an iCloud login, and they’d probably drag a decent chunk of Android users off Google Messages and WhatsApp. Hell, they could even keep non-iOS devices as green bubbles, but fix all of the security and filesize bullshit.
But they’ve evidently decided it’s not as valuable as selling more iPhones by encouraging teen exclusion and bullying.
They don’t even have to enable RCS like Google wants; they could release an iMessage app for Android.
They’d control the data from it, they could require an iCloud login, and they’d probably drag a decent chunk of Android users off Google Messages and WhatsApp. Hell, they could even keep non-iOS devices as green bubbles, but fix all of the security and filesize bullshit.
But they’ve evidently decided it’s not as valuable as selling more iPhones by encouraging teen exclusion and bullying.
As someone that switched to Android, I would even take needing to own an Apple device first before you could log into iMessage
Unless it’s built into the default app people probably aren’t going to use it.