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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.

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[–] MrSilkworm@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think this issue is mostly a USA one, considering that most communications there have caps (data, phone time, SMS etc.) Paradoxically, the market there doesn't work very well and prices are relatively high. Big corporations take advantage of it to lock people to their ecosystems. There is a high probability that this issue, will be regulated by the EU, since US policy makers are unable to solve much more important problems. For them this is not an issue. The market has solved it.

[–] Caiman86@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd argue the SMS/MMS reliance in the US is entirely because there have been no caps on it for years now. Nearly all plans you can get here have unlimited SMS/MMS included, even cheap prepaid ones.

Having a fixed allotment of texts or minutes hasn't been a thing for over a decade at this point, and the only thing that's expensive now is data.

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[–] OppositeOfOxymoron 14 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Just download Signal. Cross platform, verifably E2E, and verifiably no data collected by Open Whisper (as per their submission in a lawsuit). Also, one of the authors/architects of Signal occasionally trolls the companies that provide mobile spyware.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

How does Signal communicate with non signal users?

99% of the people I txt with would never use Signal...

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

RCS dates to 2008 and Appul didn't support it. Now we know that Appul is stuck in 2007 or earlier.

Edit: it seems RCS is another centralized hellscape

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[–] Fran@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Everyone (in America) wants them to be together

Rest of the world already moved on to better services.

[–] Alami@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

"What did the EU ever do for us?" in the monthy python mood. After usb c, apple is getting its proprietary model challenged again. When will Apple understand that in the long run it hinders innovation? And that openness and standardisation is a catalyst for it. RCS might not be the interoperable solution the EU pushes though. Anyway that's the future of not using standards : https://lemmy.nz/post/2316522

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My big question is: Why does Apple need to adopt it in the first place?

Answer is: closed nature of system they created and closed (yes) nature of RCS ecosystem.

We should adopt user-friendly democratic operating systems and chat protocols instead.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why doesn't a third party just come up with a standard

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (13 children)
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