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tja ,
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That would be nice

Cris_Color ,

Gross :(

Carighan ,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

Allowing people to more easily sign in?

NorthWestWind ,
@NorthWestWind@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Half the people here are trying to de-google

cloaker ,

Unrelated, this is for accessing via messages.google.com if you want to dwgoogle don't use GOOGLE messages.

inasaba ,

It’s the only app that has RCS. I don’t use it, but I think it’s kind of terrible that Google has a monopoly on the format.

MindlessZ ,

It’s terrible that no one else has decided to make an rcs app? That’s not really under googles control

butter ,

They won’t open the api. Anyone else who tries to make one would be starting from scratch. Including with a server

MindlessZ ,

Sure, but isn’t that just complaining that Google runs the largest implementation of RCS? It would’ve been great if this was handled by carriers, but they never would pick up the task so Google just did it inhouse. I think if they hadn’t rcs would just be dead by now (for better or worse)

inasaba ,

It’s because Google hasn’t allowed anyone else access to the RCS API, actually.

MindlessZ ,

Google doesn’t open their own RCS API to the public. Nobody is stopping you from running your own server and service so far as I can tell

cloaker ,

They don't, RCS is open.

lemann ,

Google Messages replaced the AOSP SMS app, and is the only app that provides support for E2EE RCS and standard RCS if your carrier has not provided their own.

It’s also one of the few mainstream mesaaging apps that won’t have a hissy fit about being installed on a rooted device

Edit: Ah, my point got lost. There is no other app on Android that will let you do RCS mesaaging from a desktop.

cloaker ,

Yes but it's a proprietary Google app. Degoogling is to rid yourself of this app.

Carighan ,
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Then this is irrelevant for them because they wouldn’t be using Google’s Messages application. They’d be using another one.

Cris_Color ,

If the qr code options stays then its absolutely a positive, but RCS is already a (very frustratingly) closed ecosystem: locking certain features behind an account would just kinda suck, since google messages (or I think maybe Samsung messages also) is the only way to use RCS presently

cloaker ,

That's literally not this. This is for accessing on tablets and computers via the web app.

Carter ,

Scanning a QR is a lot quicker than signing into an account though.

Stez827 ,
@Stez827@sh.itjust.works avatar

Not when you’re already signed in on different devices

Cris_Color ,

Yes, I know. I’d like to have access to that feature without having to use my google account

cloaker ,

Use another messaging services. It's google messages.

Cris_Color ,

RCS is the only way to get read receipts with most folks I know, and google messages is the only way to use RCS presently

cloaker ,

If you have a problem with using a Google account on a Google product, don't use that Google product. Use signal, WhatsApp or any other messaging service.

Cris_Color ,

While that is fair, messaging is a bit more complicated since you kinda have to use what other people in your life are using, and almost all of the people I talk to regularly have RCS but not other chat services I’d rather use. If RCS was available outside of google messages I’d gladly use a third party RCS app.

Like I said, its great to have an account option if you can still use it without your google account via the QR code, but loosing a feature unless you use a google account would be a bummer.

To be totally honest it seems weird to me that people would be so invested in debating my preference to not have to use a google account. I was just expressing my personal disappointment that a feature might go away unless I link an account- do I really need to justify that? Can’t I just be not-thrilled at something without people telling me I shouldn’t feel that way, or that I’m unjustified? 🤷

Regardless, I hope you have a good day :)

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