HugoMongo t1_jdam847 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:42 AM

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RCS in its most widespread form is handled through Google’s servers. RCS as we need it isn’t happening because carriers are ass. If they replaced SMS with RCS, Apple would have no choice but to use it for fallback.

Dadguy8 t1_jdamnx0 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:45 AM

Google has made it clear they want to work with apple on it. They have a whole campaign on it. Whether how true it is behind the scenes, I have no idea. But they seem to be willing whereas apple, not so much.

HugoMongo t1_jdcetfh wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:12 PM

Then you're trading one proprietary system for another. Fallback systems need to be open standards and not managed by one corporation. Right now that is the technical equivalent of saying Apple should have integrated Google Hangouts into iMessage. There needs to be a push from the FCC to sunset SMS.

Dadguy8 t1_jdcgmgx wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:28 PM

Just like sms, rcs is the next evolution of that standard. Apple could move to it.

bristow84 t1_jdcgnfr wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:28 PM

Think about it from Apple's side, the RCS implementation that is most widely used is controlled by Google and run through Google's servers.

Do you really think they'd want to hand that kind of control over users and their messages over to Google, regardless of whether it's encrypted? Apple has made a big push over the last little while of trying to appear security focused, a decision like that wouldn't help.

Also soon as Google opens up the API to allow third party texting apps like Textra to use RCS, then I might be more willing to believe Google wants to work with anyone on it rather than control it themselves.

Dadguy8 t1_jdci03o wrote on March 23, 2023 at 12:40 PM

But who handles sms? I thought l rcs was just the next iteration of sms. Then google adds the encryption part of it. Can’t apple do it for their devices? I mean I guess you could say why when they have iMessage but if they’re so concerned about privacy, it would make iOS users completely secure then. Because technically apple users are vulnerable when texting via sms.