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This isn’t emphasized enough. The carriers should have no more say in what comes to replace SMS than ISPs do. As such, RCS isn’t the answer simply because the
by kitsunesoba 5y ago
This isn’t emphasized enough. The carriers should have no more say in what comes to replace SMS than ISPs do.
As such, RCS isn’t the answer simply because the carriers were involved. SMS’ successor should basically be a vendor agnostic WhatsApp or Signal complete with E2E built into the base spec instead of duct taped on as an extension that can conveniently be ignored.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago> SMS’ successor should basically be a vendor agnostic WhatsApp or Signal complete with E2E built into the base spec instead of duct taped on as an extension that can conveniently be ignored. Great. Build something, then call me when you have the default messaging app on board on every platform save one. From my perspective, RCS has the best shot at this and the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good.