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Perfect I can't wait for the deluge of spam texts with real clickable buttons to trick me instead of just a 320x320 picture of one. Let's see, RCS: * needless
by akersten 9mo ago
Perfect I can't wait for the deluge of spam texts with real clickable buttons to trick me instead of just a 320x320 picture of one.
Let's see, RCS:
* needlessly complicated protocol, such that only a behemoth such as Google could administrate it
* Intensely leans on device attestation to even let you on to the network
* Tenfold the multimedia touchpoints as MMS, correspondingly it will have 10x the zero days
* Certainly wiretapped at law enforcement's whim
* Took 15 years to roll out
* And you still get green bubbles on iPhone
I wish we'd all switch to signal and the telcos would get back to being dumb pipes. But no, we need to support Read indicators and ad carousels in our baseband
- the_arun 9mo agoWhat is the difference between RCS & Whatsapp messages? Aren't they similar?
- Elfener 9mo agoWhen you use Whatsapp, you're trusting a single entity to handle your messages (plus your ISP I guess). When you use RCS, your messages go through your mobile operator, google, and perhaps someone else in an overly complicated way that is also built upon SMS (a non-internet thing) for more confusion.
- hocuspocus 9mo agoMessage payloads go directly to Google servers, there's no difference in practice. Carriers handle IMS registration, that's it. And not even in all cases.