Any open source Android RCS SMS apps then?
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Yawnder@lemmy.zip 11 months agoTheir implementation is closed source, not the protocol. They can’t change the protocol unilaterally whenever they want, etc.
Big difference.
Emerald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yawnder@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
No idea, but that has nothing to do with anything. Considering that the standard is public and free (unlike ISO stuff bte), that most relevant telecoms support it, and that a lot of phone manufacturers have a custom client that does support it, it’s not remotely close to being closed sourced, and service-authentication-gated like iMessages.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
However access to each carrier gateway is very guarded …
Yawnder@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Not sure what your point is, but ok?
ubermeisters@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know
Emerald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.
You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.
ubermeisters@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m not confusing it, I’m just used to them being paired. Ya know… FOSS… as are others.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Probably. Have a look on FDroid.
Porgey@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Okay but their implementation is what they are touting. The standard RCS protocol is only marginally better than sms. Google constantly uses encryption in their ad campaigns for RCS, which is exclusive to to googles implementation. There is no way anyone is going to get Apple to work on an implementation that interoperates with Google
Natanael@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
www.gstatic.com/messages/…/messages_e2ee.pdf
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