I mean you could but it would essentially be like ProtonMail, where the only private and secure communications would be with other users on the same platform, which would be near-zero. Would it be better? Yes, but not by much. Better off just to use something like Signal or Matrix if you’re trying to convince people to use something different.
the only private and secure communications would be with other users on the same platform, which would be near-zero.
It doesn’t. 3rd party RCS–> iMessage is not anymore private or secure than 3rd party RCS --> Google. All message metadata is stored on Apple’s servers, just like it is on Google’s.
Depends. If your carrier implements RCS using simple HTTP auth, just download one of the 0 apps that bothered to actually implement RCS. Otherwise, your carrier may have an RCS app with an API. If your carrier doesn’t support RCS, you should probably treat Google’s RCS server the same way you treat WhatsApp, because it’s based on semi-open encryption with semi-open protocols on a closed-source, implementation-specific backend.
If you want Google to add Google Messages RCS to the SMS API, you’ll have to wait until they bother, which is probably “when someone forces them”. RCS is practically unused in the EU, the only place I’ve seen that cares about this kind of stuff, so you’ll have to contact your representatives.
That’ll only work on phones with Messages preinstalled, though, if you downloaded the app through the Play Store, it won’t be able to host any system APIs that truly expose RCS. It may also require a system update if they implement it by porting their RCS client to the Android operating system.
Okay, I’m seeing a lot of “alternatives” posted. But to all of you recommending minimal launchers: They are NOT an alternative for Nova.
I’ve used Nova for near on 10 years now, always trying other launchers for a while. In those 10 years I realized that I want a fully fledged “traditional” launcher, not a list-based one where I have to search for my apps.
I wish there really was an alternative, some I’ve tried have come close-ish, but none are good enough for me to switch for more than a few days before I run into frustration
Thank you. I’ve been thinking the same thing. People keep posting things that aren’t remotely close to Nova. I’m beginning to think there’s just nothing else at their level. Lawnchair seems like the closest so far but it’s still not customizable enough and the Google feed implementation randomly broke and I couldn’t get it to work again (amongst other annoyances and performance issues).
I didn’t even know this happened. Mainly because the moment Google blocked rooted and custom ROMs for Google Messages. I just stopped using the app outright.
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