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Any FOSS alternatives for Google Messages that support RCS? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Was curious if there were FOSS solutions since I really would like to avoid using anything Google related

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[–] Justly0250@lemdro.id 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I'm not sure there exist any.

Last time I checked, this was actually the biggest criticism Google recieved. They were pushing RCS on Apple, yet keeping it proprietarily only available on Google Messages.

Maybe it has changed. I don't know.

Latest update I heard was that they made it ON by default in Google Messages.

[–] curiousgoo@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Not quite sure about the On by default aspect; on my non-Google phone running stock android, it keeps asking me to enable RCS.

I keep clicking no because there's a lot of ads pushed through RCS. This is annoying on top of the usual telemarketing stuff you might get due to phone numbers being sold.

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