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RCS supports E2E encryption, and Google's apps implement it. (And I think the complaints about iMessage are its exclusivity - the best solution is an iMessage
by tomComb 5y ago
RCS supports E2E encryption, and Google's apps implement it.
(And I think the complaints about iMessage are its exclusivity - the best solution is an iMessage for Android.)
- hedgehog 5y agoThanks, I missed they'd added E2E last summer. It looks like it's only for 1:1 chats and only on some phones depending on handset vendor and carrier, is that accurate? If so it still seems like adding RCS would have pretty limited usefulness vs interop with say WhatsApp. I don't fault any one company on the messiness of the situation, it's kind of a tragedy of the commons situation. Apple isn't willing to compromise the UX complexity of adding more messaging types with different behavior, Google isn't willing to force carriers and handset manufacturers to make RCS really good, and carriers just don't care about anything other than ARPU and being "value added". Oh, and WhatsApp interop will never happen even though that would probably actually be good because Facebook.
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- xanaxagoras 5y agoHow about Signal pre-installed by iOS and Android with no other default messaging apps?