Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?
scholar@lemmy.world 17 hours agoIt was never ‘Google locked’, its an open standard developed by the GSM Association that IOS has supported since 2024.
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 9 hours ago
All RCS goes through google servers, they have to approve the devices. Graphene OS and e/os can’t use RCS
scholar@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That’s not true, network carriers can also run RCS backends independently of Google. Graphene OS is currently working on a new messaging app that supports RCS without Google services. Both the app and the carrier have to support RCS which is why Google made their own backend.