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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 11 months ago

Google Messages RCS App Alternatives

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Google Messages RCS App Alternatives

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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 11 months ago

Are there any (preferably FOSS) RCS/SMS/MMS apps as an alternative to Google Messages? I can’t convince anyone to switch to signal and would like to at least use an app that I trust. Eventually I’ll be moving to a privacy-respecting mobile OS so I’ll need an SMS app to run without Google Play Services, but I don’t want to totally miss out on RCS. Are there any alternatives? Is this even possible?

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It is an Apple problem.

Don’t confuse a client API with a cross platform protocol. They are different beasts and Apple refuses to send or receive RCS messages. That’s different than a client trying to send or receive an RCS message.

Apple is vetted as an authorized entity whereas a random client is not.

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