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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
https://www.gstatic.com/messages/papers/messages_e2ee.pdf
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Any open source Android RCS SMS apps then?
However access to each carrier gateway is very guarded ...
Probably. Have a look on FDroid.
You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.
The "Free" in "Free and Open Source Software" is, famously, "free as in speech, not free as in beer."