mojo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’m in the US and we use SMS instead of any specific app. It’s a pretty shitty protocol, but it’s at least not tied to any company.
Maybe in 2040 we’ll get an upgraded protocol when companies megacorps actually decide to try and bridge protocols.
CurrMudgeon@kbin.social 1 year ago
Modern Android devices already use RCS, we just need Apple to get on board.
brimnac@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Apple is well known for their love of open standards, of course…
bric@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Unfortunately, iMessage’s proprietary format is far more common than RCS in the US, so it’s unlikely anything is going to change without government action
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Though I wouldn’t say Androids get it. More like Google Messages and a very few select apps get RCS. It’s a standard protocol in theory. In practice, not so much. I think there’s like 3 total apps. You’ll probably never see a FOSS RCS app, or one that isn’t tied to a big corp. Server implentations of RCS also aren’t standard, but most use Google Jibe.
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s exactly what I was getting at