Apple might be supporting RCS on the iPhone to comply with Chinese regulation

https://9to5google.com/2024/02/16/iphone-rcs-china/

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breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Wonder if they will comply in the same way as complying in the EU with alternate app stores / sideloading being region locked?

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y (7 replies)

I think it's already confirmed it will be available globally.

(Wish they implemented region locking for China's other demand though, that is making AirDrop for everyone limited to 10 minutes)

Levsgetso@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Wait, isn’t it already the norm?

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

What exactly?

Levsgetso@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Airdrop for everyone being limited to ten minutes

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, that's what I mean. It used to be unlimited until China complained that people were using it to mass spread anti-CCP messages. Or so I've read, anyway.

Levsgetso@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn’t know about that, interesting.

Auli@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nothings been confirmed.

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y

Ah oops. My bad. I guess I thought so because they didn't say anything about region locking it, but I don't think they did for the App Store stuff initially either.