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RedditAnoymous t1_jdcqs0t wrote

No one knows until June.. in best case.. when the iOS 17 beta program is released.. but we can’t be certain until September..

I wouldn’t be surprised if iPhone 8 would get iOS 17.. but not iOS 18..

Yet, even if it wouldn’t get iOS 17, you would still get security updates on iPhone 8 for a couple of years more so you’ll still be safe.

If you would like to get a newer iPhone but still keep it cheap, an iPhone SE 2020 is the next best and cheap iPhone to go..

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Dadguy8 t1_jdci03o wrote

But who handles sms? I thought l rcs was just the next iteration of sms. Then google adds the encryption part of it. Can’t apple do it for their devices? I mean I guess you could say why when they have iMessage but if they’re so concerned about privacy, it would make iOS users completely secure then. Because technically apple users are vulnerable when texting via sms.

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bristow84 t1_jdcgnfr wrote

Think about it from Apple's side, the RCS implementation that is most widely used is controlled by Google and run through Google's servers.

Do you really think they'd want to hand that kind of control over users and their messages over to Google, regardless of whether it's encrypted? Apple has made a big push over the last little while of trying to appear security focused, a decision like that wouldn't help.

Also soon as Google opens up the API to allow third party texting apps like Textra to use RCS, then I might be more willing to believe Google wants to work with anyone on it rather than control it themselves.

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HugoMongo t1_jdcetfh wrote

Then you're trading one proprietary system for another. Fallback systems need to be open standards and not managed by one corporation. Right now that is the technical equivalent of saying Apple should have integrated Google Hangouts into iMessage. There needs to be a push from the FCC to sunset SMS.

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