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smileyhead , (edited ) to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

RCS should not really be a proprietary app in the sense of a 3rd part installable app.

But it is. SMS works via operating system exposing an API for developers for the phone modem interface. Google Messages is just an internet messaging app, just instead of using Internet standards like XMPP (from creators of Email and IP) it uses carrier’s standards which are mainly made with carriers being required in mind.

If you don’t believe me get a blocklist for all Google’s IP addresses and you’ll see Google Messages would stop working, because the app is connecting to Google Jibe servers (most carriers rent servers from them).

smileyhead , (edited ) to technology in Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

No…

Just read the story…

smileyhead , to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

There is no need for carrier based messaging anyway. It’s like with fax machines, sure there can be new Internet based protocol for fax machines that phone/fax carriers would start to support and new printers being forced to adopt, but if it’s Internet based why not just use email.

At least SMS is using voice PSTN network and is purely device-to-device, so it can stay for emergencies. But RCS is purelt Internet based messenging that was abandoned because of no benefit over what we already have like XMPP, until Google started forcing it. Right now Google Messages are the only RCS app on the market and the only one available to support it, because carriers just delegate servers to Google for hosting.

smileyhead , (edited ) to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

Then:
Being left behind because you don’t use Apple approved device, operating system and proprietary app.

Now:
Being left behind because you don’t use Apple or Google approved device, operating system and proprietary app.

smileyhead , to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

Better yet - Android refuse to support RCS natively in the operaring system itself like it does with SMS since Android ~10.

smileyhead , to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

Might surprise you, but with RCS you have to have an account - but one that your phone operator manages. You have to use a server - just one that your operator choose and usually they lent them from Google. And you have to use an app - just one baked in the modem that you cannot update or change yourself.

There is no peer-to-peer in RCS like with SMS, there is a remote account you create and connect to when launching Google Messages app. It’s just a chat app with additional steps.

smileyhead , to technology in Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

It won’t be adopted by everyone like SMS anyway

smileyhead , to technology in Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

But there so many other and much better options than Messenger for text chat, so I still do not understand the need.

smileyhead , to technology in Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

But there so many other and much better options than Messenger for text chat, so I still do not understand the need.

smileyhead , to technology in Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

And the reason they are there is… because they can contact you there and feel no need to change. If more of their relatives weren’t there…

smileyhead , to asklemmy in Is there any medicine that can give me happy hormones and does not need a doctor's prescription?

Sorry, haven’t read the whole post.

smileyhead , to asklemmy in What song do you put on when you need to 'get shit done'?

I put white noice on my headphones. It is so annoying I want to get thing done as quickly as possible just to turn back to normal music.

smileyhead , to asklemmy in What is the most beautiful song you've ever heard?

Hard to choose one, but Metallica - Fade to Black.

smileyhead , to asklemmy in Minecraft world design

I wonder how flying on Elytra would be like with the upside-down world 😇.

smileyhead , to technology in Windows AI PC manufacturers must add a Copilot key, says Microsoft

Introducing: Messaging PC

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