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Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS (www.androidcentral.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Although true, it was added to make iMessage (and every other service) more secure, not just as some sneaky way to keep iMessages off android devices.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's really not necessary though, it's just a justification after the fact. There are several secure e2e apps available without utilizing a special chip to house that data, even Google has e2e with their RCS implementation