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> So adding another protocol into the mix solves, what? Answer: nothing, it solves nothing. Another protocol like RCS? RCS simply solves the problems of SMS/MM
by rezonant 3y ago
> So adding another protocol into the mix solves, what? Answer: nothing, it solves nothing.
Another protocol like RCS? RCS simply solves the problems of SMS/MMS. It doesn't add another protocol, it ultimately replaces two of them.
> Bob has a hardon for mastadon so then another subgroup is created.
Good for Bob. I don't think Mastodon supports group chatting and its DM support is super nascent, its weird choice but I wish him the best.
> Joan finds out that her Google Fi service is incompatible with RCS
Even though Google Fi is definitely compatible with RCS, we can assume it isn't supported for the scenario.
> so she decides to create an email list.
Joan doesn't know what RCS is and doesn't care. Joan makes a group of people on Messages. It works fine, as it falls back to MMS automatically.
> Joe finds a bug with Beeper and then decides that really everyone needs to move to ICQ.
Wait why is anyone using Beeper here. So the user used a unifying client and ran into a bug and blamed something about the underlying messaging system?
> Marley decides maybe everyone should just try MMS again except that nobody can fall back on that because everyone except Joan has opted into RCS.
Everyone on RCS can fall back to MMS just fine, just like iMessage can. The only difference is one of these is a standard that Apple can implement and the other is a proprietary protocol that Google cannot.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoIf this is true: It doesn't add another protocol, it ultimately replaces two of them. How does this work (assuming your carrier supports MMS, and not all do): Everyone on RCS can fall back to MMS just fine As for this: Even though Google Fi is definitely compatible with RCS https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleFi/comments/l1czwh/google_fi_messages_for_web_when_are_we_getting_rcs/ https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleFi/comments/l1czwh/google_fi_... More recently it looks like Google added some half assed support for RCS and broke other stuff in the process: https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleFi/comments/12b8k2p/reminder_that_rcs_limits_as_much_as_it_adds_on_fi/ https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleFi/comments/12b8k2p/reminder_...
- oarsinsync 3y ago> Everyone on RCS can fall back to MMS just fine My cell carrier provides SMS for free, both sending and receiving. My cell carrier charges for MMS, both sending and receiving, so I have MMS disabled. My cell carrier doesn’t support RCS, and would probably charge if it did. Thankfully, nobody I know tries to send me pictures using SMS/MMS/RCS, and uses WhatsApp / Signal / iMessage instead. > Another protocol like RCS? RCS simply solves the problems of SMS/MMS. It doesn't add another protocol, it ultimately replaces two of them. Experience tells me this is false, and that nothing ever dies, nothing ever gets replaced, and augmentation always happens, in IT.