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by fbanon 1391 days ago
RCS is inferior to iMessage simply because it doesn't work on tablets and desktop computers. Since RCS is tied to mobile carriers, who don't want to give up control over those juicy messages, the problem will persist forever.
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EDIT: wrong

iMessage is device centered - your messages are just relayed to desktop by the mobile messaging app. Android messages can do this too [1], So can Samsung [2]

[1] https://support.google.com/messages/answer/7611075

[2] https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00087322/

No. SMS is proxied to your phone from your desktop but iMessage to iMessage communications don’t need an iPhone at all.
Ah thanks for the correction
Wildly wrong.