Building bridges without blue bubbles.

  • InnerScientist@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    No, I’m saying that there isn’t. You can use all those things on every platform, RCS would be the 6th program you need to install besides the other 5 you already have and it seems useless compared to the rest.

    Edit: platform as in android, windows, iOS etc

    • TonyOstrich@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      But RCS is intended to be an industry standard. A user doesn’t install the internet on their phone, they install a web browser that is able to interact with the various standards that make the internet. In the same way RCS should make those other messaging apps either irrelevant or force them to become somewhat more interoperable while potentially making it easier for open source solutions.

      That being said, Google are being absolute cunts when it comes to RCS. They bitched about Apple not supporting it while simultaneously making it nearly impossible to have any app other than theirs that can do RCS messaging.

      • InnerScientist@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        So we’re back to square one, five messengers and one which “can do anything”©®™ led by google. No thanks I’d rather let SMS be as it is.

        As far as I can see you can’t join the network without some kind of authorization (see rooted phones being unable to).

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          8 hours ago

          What would be far better is RCS to be exempted from data usage so we can have a more secured protocol for standardized messaging.

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          21 hours ago

          My rooted Pixel 9 Pro has RCS enabled. Just needed the Play Integrity Fix patch installed through Magisk. Though I think Google is changing that in May, so we’ll see what happens.

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          22 hours ago

          That’s the point of GSM standardizing the encryption method. Progress is slow until it isn’t. We have to start somewhere.