"This helps people reach you in video calls, messages, and more."

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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

For both iMessage and RCS, your phone number essentially acts like a username. Both services communicate with the carrier to "claim" it, otherwise everything would arrive as an SMS.

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