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For many years, Apple has enforced iPhone dominance by refusing to adopt modern text messaging standards, meaning group chats and multimedia messages between iPhones and Android devices has been fundamentally broken. But last month, Apple announced it would adopt the RCS standard.

But at the same time, it came down hard on Beeper Mini, an app which purported to bring the locked down iMessage experience to Android. In this ep, we dive into iMessage and the weird politics of the green bubble.

Links
Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app – The Verge
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac
Google's site pleading Apple to adopt RCS

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For many years, Apple has enforced iPhone dominance by refusing to adopt modern text messaging standards, meaning group chats and multimedia messages between iPhones and Android devices has been fundamentally broken. But last month, Apple announced it would adopt the RCS standard.
But at the same time, it came down hard on Beeper Mini, an app which purported to bring the locked down iMessage experience to Android. In this ep, we dive into iMessage and the weird politics of the green bubble.
Links
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/8/23994089/apple-beeper-mini-android-blocked-imessage-app">Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app – The Verge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/">Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.android.com/get-the-message/">Google's site pleading Apple to adopt RCS</a></li>
</ul>

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