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smileyhead , to android in Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone

If Apple has to work with Google to implementat a protocol existing since ~2008 we know there is something off.

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

Telegram has the best client and there is no arguing about that. But it is specific to particular provider, which in my opinion is not a great one…

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

Now we wait another 10 years for Apple to support third-party RCS apps I guess?

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

+1 And why XMPP was always a better answer.

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

RCS is open protocol, but has no open implementation and Android has no native support (only by Google Messages app that act as a bridge to Google Jibe RCS servers).

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

For carriers it is a way to extend the (in my opinion outdated) idea of carrier-based chat system.

For Google it is a way to switch messaging on Android to their proprietary app, at least for some time, as other of their projects falied.

For users it is a way for people using Android certified by Google to normally message people using iPhone and it’s preinstalled chat app.

smileyhead , to android in Apple gets the message, RCS coming to iPhone in 2024 with same Universal Profile as Android

Which messenger?

smileyhead , to technology in Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

Matrix is the closest, as it is a protocol to build compatible servers and apps onto it.

smileyhead , to technology in Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

I don’t think Matrix is making this well… We with friends have selfhosted instance and the database bloat is scary.

If Matrix would be as popular as Signal it would blow up untill they fix performance with their server.

smileyhead , to technology in Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

Also Signal cannot add RCS support, because Google Jibe servers won’t allow other app than Google Messages… And you must use them because native RCS support for Android is halted for years… And you cannot install some module with RCS support yourself because of anti-Unix monolitic Android userspace architecture…

Man, there are so many things done wrong.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

Wonder how it is that smaller community-based chat protocols with many more features can have so many client options: matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/

While basic text messaging was for years only implemented by Google app.

smileyhead , (edited ) to technology in Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

Google Messages is a proprietary chat app that connects to proprietary Google Jire servers on phone carrier’s site. It does not use barebone RCS protocol, this is why only Google is now able to make such app even if the app does not use any permission that other apps don’t have.

Native support for Android was planned for Android 11, soon we’ll get Android 14 and still no support in sight.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

Some time ago Signal was falling back to SMS too.

How is this propietary aspect of iMessage non existing on Android with RCS? Years goes by and still the only Android app that can support this protocol seems to be Google Messages.

Third-party RCS clients like Beeper use Android virtual machine with Google Messages running… Seriously, even Facebook Messenger seems to be less locked down.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

Ugh, yet another chat network to use…

I guess now we wait for Android to add support too.

smileyhead , to technology in Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

There is also XMPP which is much more developed than RCS and surpasses it on every front.

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