▲ 299 ▼ Google is blocking RCS on rooted devices (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by Batbro@sh.itjust.works to c/android@lemdro.id 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments Wtf is the reasoning here, just checked and it's broken for me also.
[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) RCS is designed to be used with a phone number though. And fall back to SMS when unavailable. If XMPP was used. If RCS was fully walled off, Apple would not be able to implement it like they said they would permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago The proprietary RCS standard is owned by the GSMA. They can license the use of RCS to large companies such as Google, Samsung, or mobile operators. But can a private developer get a license and develop his own RCS client? I think not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago The proprietary RCS standard is owned by the GSMA. They can license the use of RCS to large companies such as Google, Samsung, or mobile operators. But can a private developer get a license and develop his own RCS client? I think not. permalink fedilink source parent