I'm just sitting here frustrated because I'm wanting my family to move away from messaging me over SMS (they mainly use iOS), but they refuse to download any extra apps. But Google's RCS really doesn't look like a solution either since it mainly just seems to be a way of enforcing Android as an ecosystem, and they don't even make RCS available for 3rd party apps to use either.
they mainly use iOS
Well that's not a RCS problem, is it?
it's not interested, and if you want to send your mom high-res videos, you're better off buying her — or yourself — an iPhone
The article is basically repeating "fuck standardisation because a company is not playing fair, so let's give them more money"
RCS is pretty much implemented by all the major EU carriers.
We still use WhatsApp and Telegram though. We are not as backward as the US folks in that regards.
Those apps are already proven insecure, you might as well use SMS and take advantage of the interopabily.
"Backwards" yawn. You still pay for SMS. That's pretty backward.
Save the jingoism please.
No idea what you are talking about.
Both SMS and RCS are free.
Also, when data is so cheap it makes no sense to use SMS. It's 30 euros per months for unlimited data where I am currently located at.
You guys also have that green/blue bubble mania thingy, where you pretty much dehumanize anyone using non apple device in chats.
Sounds pretty backwards to me.
SMS is free everywhere in Europe? Is that why we get people here saying they have to pay extra for it all the time?
The rest of the world uses WhatsApp or something else that's popular in their country. I know it's not helpful in your case but you guys really need to get over SMS if you want something better and the reason why is because the EU is about enforce all those chat app giants to be able to talk to eachother so if I use Viber but you ube WhatsApp we can still talk anyway, which is pretty fucking cool, but it won't matter for you if you keep using SMS.
