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.

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Well Google is arguably the big kid here 70% of all cell phones are android phones. Also, Google puts its apps/services on Apple devices. There’s no way to rewind time, change a variable or two, and then play it back to see how things change.

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That’s framed as if google is this generous corporation that’s all “Peace, love and Agnostic apps” rather than to farm data from a competitor’s users.

Google wants all the users data regardless of the platform they’re on.

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Google puts out a lot of free services: Gmail, maps, docs, sheets, voice, etc. It makes sense that they’re paying for those services some how.

Broadcast television is free and paid for with commercials. TV targeted the ads with the content of the show. Soap operas are called that because women typically watched them and women in those days bought the household supplies and that’s who advertised on those shows.

Google’s basically doing the same thing. They just have a different way of targeting the add. It’s a pretty open exchange.

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Apple put their services on Android devices too. Just not iMessage.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they cite privacy as a reason.

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Come on. There isn’t anything near parity with the cross platforming of apps. Apple has a few (three of them are music apps) and I believe Google puts all or nearly all their apps on iOS.

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When did I say there was parity? I just pointed out they do create Android apps for some of their services.

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If they were honest, they would cite “creating the illusion of superiority via systematic exclusion which leads to profits”

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Why be honest when you can lie and say it’s for someone’s benefit?

There probably are privacy implications, which makes it a good one.

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