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I'm not a fan of the "war" between Android and Apple when it comes to SMS/texting. The rest of the world doesn't use SMS/RCS/iMessage as much as WhatsApp and the like, so the US is pretty much lagging behind everyone else on this anyway.

That being said, I have to admit Android did a good job with this!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not using RCS until it is available with no vendor lock-in. Call me when third-party apps like Textra can use it, and I don't need to use Google's relay.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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

I trust my carrier even less than Google, which is saying something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When RCS first came out, my carrier provided their own app to use it lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Canadian carriers did, but they since have started moving towards Google's RCS servers instead. Probably realized it wasn't worth hosting a server, and then maintaining it. I remember some carriers wouldn't update their servers, so not all RCS features would be available to them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It should just be an API that any text messaging app can use on Android, with the ability to define your own relay if desired.