Stop pretending Nothing's iMessage app had anything to do with RCS on the iPhone

Yeah it's definitely compromised on the Nothing phone side but I was thinking more of the IPhone users supposedly encrypted messages being stored at Sunbird when they likely wouldn't even know they weren't direct.

IIRC Nothing doesn't even have control over it, they only have a deal with Sunbird to make this work

So it's not even actually an iMessage app. Cute.

I see someone else also watched the latest MKBHD video too! :)

I was going to say.

What's a phone that's inherently better than the Pixel in terms of software?

Hardware-wise, any phone with a smaller screen, an audio jack, a notification led, an SD card slot and a replaceable battery worked be better than the Pixel.

But in terms of software, I guess if there is one OS variant that would allow me to turn the wifi on/off with a single tap would win me over. But usually, variants get in the way with their modifications.

My Pixel 6 Pro maybe couldn’t call 911 for a week, was vulnerable to a device take over flaw Google owns security team disclosed and wasn’t patched until a week after the 90 day public disclosure deadline, and the modem heats up the phone and kills the battery.

It's not the same company as day one... Now is owned by Oppo. So basically is a Oppo phone that is for sure. And if you are looking for those super open phones to unlock add customs roms... Look another way.

For other stuff... Idk I have one it works well for me and it was a much cheaper alternative to Samsung or iPhone and with latest Snapdragon and plenty of ram and good hardware. Cameras idk if others are better I barely take pictures and usually I don't care a lot for the quality.

And the Chinese fast charging thing they have is amazing. (Also supports USB c pd quick charging although much slower)

No, it's not.

I had a 1 and 5, family members had a 5t and 6. Honestly they never impressed me after the 1.

All the reviews I've seen praise it. It may not be the One Plus of old but as far as phones go it's one of the better one's.

The thing that put pressure on Apple was that other app, whose name I can't remember, which came out a few weeks ago, and did iMessage and RCS by signing the user into an Apple Mini in their data centre and pushing the iMessage to the app on the users phone.

That is what you'd call a security nightmare! This app effectively can view all your iMessages.

THAT'S why Apple made this decision. Not because of Nothing.

Apple when said it was doing it for security, and on the RCS side will be working with Google to implement it securely and correctly.

Apple could have serious lawsuits if customers messages were being intercepted by these man-in-the-middle apps and there's no way for Apple to stop it. They could be sued because they are at fault for not adopting RCS and thus leaving the customer open to using these shady companies.

Trust me, they don't give a rat's ass that some nothing company in a hole somewhere is trying to do this. At best, it might have confirmed their decision to adopt RCS because they saw yet another company (nothing) planning to do the same. Eventually you'd have tens of companies doing the same with massive privacy implications.

Arguably that was not the CEO of Nothing's fault. He was probably beholden to Oppo the whole time

It's less about the bubble and more than group texts and multimedia are notoriously botched between Android and iOS. The color of the bubble tells Apple users that they should expect a worse experience.

I've got a teenager and it's mostly about the bubble color. Kids will literally mock you into suicidal ideations if you dare have an Android these days. It's sick.

It's branding and that is very powerful, something like 80-90% of teens have an iphone.

That said having functionality that integrates well is a massive step but the bubble will still be a thing because people love status symbols.

Definitely my main issue with "RCS" it's all controlled by Google.