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minus-squarebradboimler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago Also they’d need 6 programs, the 5 they had before and now RCS. iOS RCS works through the stock Messages app like iMessage does. It’s not a separate program.
minus-squareInnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThey still need an RCS client on PC, etc. All the apple users I know use WhatsApp, Signal, telegram and not one uses IMessage, not even the company I work at, which uses iPhones mainly, uses IMessage for communication, private or otherwise.
minus-squarebradboimler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI imagine on macOS it’s the same; Messages or nothing. No separate clients are involved.
iOS RCS works through the stock Messages app like iMessage does. It’s not a separate program.
They still need an RCS client on PC, etc.
All the apple users I know use WhatsApp, Signal, telegram and not one uses IMessage, not even the company I work at, which uses iPhones mainly, uses IMessage for communication, private or otherwise.
I imagine on macOS it’s the same; Messages or nothing. No separate clients are involved.