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All these text and emoji features that are being added into apple but are not compatible with Android: this seems like a problem....
Until you download signal.
It has great features for group messaging, video calling, emojis and is generally feature rich.
And it's end-to-end encrypted when messaging other signal users.
It's available on iOS and Android.
The hard part is getting others to join. If all of your fam has iPhones and you are the one Android person, getting them all to join Signal just for you is a tall order.
I honestly find it surprising this is such a big problem.
Here, everybody uses Whatsapp (yes I know) with some people also on other messengers like Signal or Threema.
The difference is evident: Everyone in your example is used to using a different app. In the USA, iMessage can handle texting as well so it remains the default. It allows you to converse with other iMessage users and with Android users. The default "just works" and since iPhones are very popular here, it is more common to be messaging with other iMessage users than with Android phones. So much so that messaging on iMessage and texting on iMessage are considered one and the same by iPhone users so they don't differentiate capabilities and just blame Android users for "breaking" their messaging features.
Does it offer SMS?
Because I'm not going to ask someone to download an app so I can talk to them.
So pissed they removed it... grrr, there goes the wife acceptance factor
Exactly, who is using bog-standard texts and phonecalls in this day and age? Do they also use internet explorer because that's the default too? Even if you're not on Signal, everyone and their mums has WhatsApp, I don't see how this is even an issue!
So many people use standard clear text messaging and calling.
When I try to explain encryption, I usually get the line
" I've got nothing to hide!"