Apple, please go to the table with google and come up with something better that everybody can use if iMessage is going to be off limits to non apple users. We need a solution to this. Apple and google have a responsibility to take action when they easily can. SMS needs to die.Submitted by talksickwalkquick t3_11cuxku in iphone
infinityandbeyond75 t1_ja589gb wrote
Apple has specifically said that they created an Android version of iMessage but ultimately decided that it was better for their business to not release it. There already is a new standard called RCS and Google has been pushing Apple to adopt it as well. Tim Cook’s response was to encourage your friends and family to switch to an iPhone. iMessage has many of the features that RCS has but unfortunately they’re not cross compatible.
talksickwalkquick OP t1_ja599qd wrote
Yes I know about that. Which is part of why I posted this. The problem is getting really bad. I don’t share my phone number with anybody but friends and family. I even have a google voice number set up for situations where a company requires me to give a phone number. The messages are coming from addresses that look like an email address. It’s purposely very long title so you can’t see the full address. You could block each one or forward each spam message to SPAM (7726) on your phone but every time I get a message it’s from an entirely different source and blocking isn’t going to stop the problem.
Wellcraft19 t1_ja7iubz wrote
The messages listed are e-mails sent to your [SMS] number. Whether an e-mail can be sent to your SMS number has nothing to do with Apple or Google, but whether your carrier has opened up that gateway. Many carriers have it shut down. Especially outside the US.
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