It’s all about the bubbles.

Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

  • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    1 year ago

    Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

    Until free speech covers equal rights to emoji msg replies (etc), I really don’t see any way to force companies to make the playing field level for people who aren’t their customers.

    • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      1 year ago

      Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

      You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.

      • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
        214·
        1 year ago

        I’m not confusing it, I’m just used to them being paired. Ya know… FOSS… as are others.

        • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          The “Free” in “Free and Open Source Software” is, famously, “free as in speech, not free as in beer.”

          • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Well then I admit to being wrong. All the FOSS software I use was free as in no payment required. So… idk