Tim Cook's answer to a son's compatibility complaint is made for the age of Twitter.
From Emma Roth and Richard Lawler's "Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles" posted Wednesday on The Verve:
Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging to put an end to the green bubbles that surround messages when iPhone users text someone on an Android device.
“I don’t hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy in on that at this point,” Cook said when asked how Apple founder Steve Jobs would feel about using the RCS standard in iMessage during Vox Media’s Code 2022 event on Wednesday night. Instead, Cook said, “I would love to convert you to an iPhone.”
But the person who asked the question, Vox Media’s LiQuan Hunt, came back with a valid complaint, saying that his mother can’t see the videos he sends her... Cook’s suggestion to fix this annoying issue? “Buy your mom an iPhone.”
My take: Amy Klobuchar is going to love that one.
I just can’t imagine that as Apple gets bigger and bigger, it doesn’t have the largest pool of the best anti-trust minds in the US on retainer, and consults with them frequently.
To not do so would be hubris of the greatest magnitude. Tim Cook just isn’t that dumb.
BTW: There are many other video sharing Apps.
When it was time to replace their phones – they got higher end new phones.
Well, apparently son has only bought her an Android so by definition…
He could rectify this by getting a nice iPhone 13 mini or 13 for her. If budget is an issue, the iPhone SE 2022. My guess is she would enjoy it immensely and use FaceTime and iMessage often.