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Is RCS an open standard? I've seen some people say it is and others it isn't and now I'm very confused. Can you please give me a definitive answer?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

Yes it is, it's been developed by the GSM Association, but Google does have de facto monopoly in the market right now by their ~~Jio~~ Jibe virtual carrier. RCS can be freely implemented by carriers and device manufacturers independently of that, but so far only Samsung, T-Mobile USA and Verizon did so β€” everyone else uses Google's Messages. Importantly, different RCS implementations can talk to each other, just like email servers, or Lemmy instances.

Apple has been encouraged to enable RCS compatibility in iMessage in a loud campaign by Google, but they are obviously not very eager to do that, as their own research shows the closedness of Apple ecosystem and messaging system is a main driving factor of sales. This has been revealed in the Apple vs Epic Games case hearings

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

What's that about Jio? I use Jio and Airtel and both support RCS so... I'm confused...

[–] SameOldInternet 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They said Google has a monopoly using their own Jio virtual carrier. They never said Jio doesn't support RCS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I might need to read up on what a virtual carrier means...

Any suggestions?

[–] SameOldInternet 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I really wouldn't know. In this context I assume it means it is not deployed like traditional mobile networks are. The missing components being the hardware side like putting up towers etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I see... Well, thanks anyway 🫑

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I meant Jibe and yes I never said Jio or Jibe don't support RCS. Quite the contrary

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