Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

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    1 year ago

    RCS dates to 2008 and Appul didn’t support it. Now we know that Appul is stuck in 2007 or earlier.

    Edit: it seems RCS is another centralized hellscape

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        1 year ago

        Samsung and Google are just now getting around to supporting it

        Hey now, I’ve been rocking RCS for three years. The only reason it took so long to begin with is because Google was trying to get service providers to implement it themselves. Google finally said fuck it and started doing it themselves iMessage style and then providers started playing along.

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      1 year ago

      Centralized or not, it’s a massive improvement over basic SMS/MMS.

      Edit: at least the concept is. Implementation aside, it’s crazy that there isn’t a cross-platform texting option that has more modern capabilities than what we’ve been using for the past couple decades.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not sure anyone uses SMS to chat anyway.

        it’s crazy that there isn’t a cross-platform texting option that has more modern capabilities than what we’ve been using for the past couple decades.

        *Cough*, *cough*. Man, it’s freezing outside.