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Hope you like RCS, because Google Messages plans to remove this easy way to turn it off
www.androidauthority.com/messages-rcs-disable-3719799/
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
I like RCS. I hate it was kidnapped by Google and they’re the only ones hosting the servers instead of the carriers as it was supposed to be. Instead of the agnostic infrastructure we were supposed to have, we got another corporate monopoly hell scape.
Replying to @dustyData@lemmy.world
Was it kidnapped? Or did the carriers basically dump it on the fire stations doorstep? Not really googles fault if every carrier was too lazy to run their own RCS servers…
Replying to @CameronDev@programming.dev
Yeah, the reality is the only way is was going to happen was if someone like Google made it happen. RCS was dying on the vine for many years. The carriers were never going to implement it.
Replying to @roofuskit@lemmy.world
Which is surprising when you look at Europe. Europe made text messaging too costly early on and everyone switched to WhatsApp. You’d think Europe would try to win people back with RCS but instead… Nothing?
Replying to @MimicJar@lemmy.world
Why? People expect SMS to be free these days, it’s only added costs for the carrier to implement RCS. That’s the problem.