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Any FOSS alternatives for Google Messages that support RCS? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Was curious if there were FOSS solutions since I really would like to avoid using anything Google related

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[โ€“] bedrooms@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's like... both iPhone and Android are vender-locked.

[โ€“] enki@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

No, Apple can begin supporting RCS and play nice with other phones (not just Android) using a modern, encrypted, and open messaging platform. But they choose to fall back to SMS intentionally in order to market their devices as superior.