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> When RCS was designed, carriers still programmed most of the phones The past truly is a foreign country. > Many people still buy phones from their carriers
by Telaneo 11mo ago
> When RCS was designed, carriers still programmed most of the phones
The past truly is a foreign country.
> Many people still buy phones from their carriers which comes with all kinds of apps pre-installed, including carrier-branded SMS apps in many cases.
You're joking, right? I've never seen this in Europe since the flip phone days. I thought we had left that in the past. Most people here buy their phones outright, but even when on a plan, they don't fill your phone with malware.
- xeromal 11mo agoI'm pretty sure the person you're responding to is talking about the flip phone era pre-iphone. Think Treo 650 / Blackjack era.
- array_key_first 11mo agoNope, if you go out and buy a cheapish android phone from a carrier in the US today, it will have a ton of shit preinstalled that is carrier specific. Including sometimes messages, visual voicemail, etc. Apple has basically had the balls to tell carriers to go fuck themselves and do it their way, and it's been a huge boon. Google still hasn't done this enough, IMO.
- xeromal 11mo agoThe context I was talking about how when RCS was designed, carriers still were mostly responsible for "apps" on the phones.