“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
This is such a weirdly US specific issue. It&#x27;s hard to understand why people in this country refuse to adopt a data-based messaging service such as Signal or WhatsApp like the rest of the world has. Why are US citizens so set on having a terrible experience when messaging half of the population? How did other countries decide that using platform agnostic messaging services are better? I believe the UK has a similar split in Android&#x2F;iOS users, yet they largely use WhatsApp.<p>In a way, it feels perfectly inline with America. We use Imperial when everyone else uses Metric. We use Fahrenheit when everyone else uses Celsius. But in this case, it&#x27;s not as if our government led us down this path. The problem was entirely created by our market of users.<p>Ultimately, poor communication stifles society and innovation. It&#x27;s in all of our best interests to improve the current situation. Sure, better alternatives such as Signal exist, but we will have to move mountains to convert everyone onto a new service. For now, I think it&#x27;s best if we all apply pressure to Apple to adopt RCS. It&#x27;s significantly better than where we are now, and that&#x27;s a good thing.