and RIP to anyone who invested thousands into them. Those lights were NOT cheap.
Polar
joined 1 year ago
I was forced to move (landlord sold house) and when I got to my new place, I just never got around to setting up any of my smart home devices. Thermostat, cameras, lights, assistants, sensors, monitors, etc, and weirdly enough I am somehow happier now.
The random issues, glitches, delays between asking an assistant/pressing buttons before an action went through, fixing integrations, fixing Home Assistant, fixing random unpairs, etc. was driving me nuts. Especially when you have invested hundreds/thousands of dollars into premium devices.
Worst was when you'd ask assistant to do something, and it somehow misheard you and does something else. Fried an aquarium thermometer that way. Turned on ALL lights when everyone was sleeping, despite me asking to turn OFF a very specific light..
The only thing I truly miss is being able to turn off my bedroom light when I am in bed. But the stress I save is worth getting up and turning it off.
Google Messages has been around since 2016, and Google has been shutting down their other apps and porting the features over to Google Messages. Google has shown they're dedicated to RCS, and have not displayed any signs of shutting down Google Messages.
It's constantly being updated to add features, like actually implementing iMessage reactions. When an iOS user sends a reaction, it converts it to an actual reaction on the Android side. When an Android user sends a reaction to an iOS user, it just says "x liked this message". Google is doing what they can to make the experience the best.
From your 2012 timeline of iMessage, that's only 4 years after Apple.
Your comment is disingenuous.
Adding the 2018 YouTube Chat isn't fair. Google has products that allow communicating between users. It was never meant to be any replacement for SMS, it was simply a chat system within YouTube. You know, the same YouTube that has had DM's since day 1?
You also said in 2016 Google encourages people to use the Google Messages app. The same app being used today.
Google also launched other apps around the same time. Apps that were in development for a while. Then they shut them down, to focus all of the features/time into Google Messages.
You're also adding very specific apps that Google never intended to make into an SMS app. Like Google Chat or Hangouts Rebrand.
Your timeline is disingenuous. Essentially from 2016 - NOW Google has been working on making Google Messages the one stop shop. Only 5 years less than Apple has been making iMessage.
Signal removed SMS integration, making adoption less likely.
When I could install Signal on my parents phones, and they could SMS and Signal message in the same app, it was great. Especially since any contacts that happened to have Signal, it just worked. My parents didn't have to do anything.
After Signal removed SMS, my parents just open up Google Messages and message everyone from there. They don't want to juggle two apps. They also don't really understand it. They just go back to the "main menu", select their friends name, and type. Signal shot themselves in the foot.
I use RCS, except for the handful of iPhone users that receive an SMS from me. The group is small, because more and more people are switching over to Android.
Canadian carriers did, but they since have started moving towards Google's RCS servers instead. Probably realized it wasn't worth hosting a server, and then maintaining it. I remember some carriers wouldn't update their servers, so not all RCS features would be available to them.
Thye are free now.
They aren't, as they require you to pay a monthly fee with a carrier to receive SMS. Data-only plans do not receive SMS.
Roaming charges also apply. As a Canadian, it costs me $14-16 per DAY to receive a text if I leave the country.
They're not "free", many places still charge per SMS. Even if your country doesn't, you NEED an SMS plan, which costs more than a basic data-only plan. SMS is extremely unsecure. They don't work "everywhere", especially if you're travelling, and your country charges extreme fees to receive SMS out of country (for reference, Canadian carriers charge $15/day to use your phone outside Canada. That's one expensive ass text..).
That being said, I think it's crazy that a large portion of Europe has adopted WhatsApp. I wouldn't touch that Meta garbage with a 100 kilometre pole.
Saw a bunch of these "peaceful" conservatives ripping pride flags from peoples hands. Especially that one nasty old witch ripping it out of a dudes lap from behind him, when he was sitting by himself on a wall.
Never saw the same from the other side.
People use prime video? I find that half the shit I click on, it tells me it's not included with prime and I have to buy it..
The metal spring ones that wear out and cause pressure points to dig into your back, causing back pain?
Truth is, all mattress' need to be replaced more frequently than people do (understandably, because they're expensive as hell). I will say, I received a free foam mattress to replace my spring one, and my back pain has went away.