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> What does Discord and Slack require that SMS doesn't? Hint... an account for a proprietary service that may terminate or delete your account and/or history wh

• Alupis 4y ago
  That's not true. Your phone number is your "account", and phone numbers, by law in the US, are not tied to a particular carrier. You can take your phone number, and messages wherever you go.
  • joshstrange 4y ago
    How is this an advantage? Phone numbers are the worst identifiers, I don't want things tied to my number. Even if I can move my number to another carrier I want less in my life tied to 10 digit number that I don't really "own". Also you can't take your messages with you unless you have them saved on your phone. SMS (and RCS as I understand it) don't account for storing/syncing your messages.
    • Alupis 4y ago
      > SMS (and RCS as I understand it) don't account for storing/syncing your messages It doesn't, which is the beauty of it. RCS is a protocol, not a service. Services can be built on top of the protocol, like storing/syncing messages - but the protocol has none of that. Perhaps you are conflating services like iMessage (and their feature set) with the protocol that is responsible for transport and send/receive of the messages, and based off that conflation are negative on Google operating a messaging service. This is not that, however. There will not be a single app for RCS... in fact there are already dozens (if not more) RCS compatible messaging apps, each with their own services/features. This is analogous to how SMS works... there is no such thing as "The SMS App".