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Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Their implementation is closed source, not the protocol. They can't change the protocol unilaterally whenever they want, etc.

Big difference.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay but their implementation is what they are touting. The standard RCS protocol is only marginally better than sms. Google constantly uses encryption in their ad campaigns for RCS, which is exclusive to to googles implementation. There is no way anyone is going to get Apple to work on an implementation that interoperates with Google

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Any open source Android RCS SMS apps then?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idea, but that has nothing to do with anything. Considering that the standard is public and free (unlike ISO stuff bte), that most relevant telecoms support it, and that a lot of phone manufacturers have a custom client that does support it, it's not remotely close to being closed sourced, and service-authentication-gated like iMessages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

However access to each carrier gateway is very guarded ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure what your point is, but ok?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Probably. Have a look on FDroid.