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What are my options for SMS/RCS?
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this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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If you want RCS, you have to go with one of the corporate apps like Google Messages or Samsung Messages. It's sad and I hope the situation changes eventually because RCS is much better than SMS and more ubiquitous than signal.
That kinda sucks, a lost opportunity. I really don't want to use Google, and preferably not Samsung either.
So either: Network operator / Big tech π
I guess I trust the network operator more due to semi-strict laws in Norway on privacy.
There may be a few others that handle RCS besides those two, but their ties may be just as unsavory as the first two.
That's pretty awesome that there are at least some laws about telecom provider privacy where you are! Here in the states they can basically do whatever they want with whatever you give them π
Samsung has retired their messaging app. Google Messages is the only option on Android.
(cc @MoonlightFox@lemmy.world)
Thats a shame, I trust Samsung more than Google.
But I guess I'll just wait until EU force interoperability and E2EE, I vaguely remember something about this π€
Back when Samsung saw Android as a legitimate threat to their business model, and they made alternate apps to every Google offering, I think they did have a better ecosystem. I think that has waned in recent years, though.
And I say that as someone who loved Samsung phones at least until 2020, when they gave up on the SD card and started giving up on camera quality. I still think they make the best devices out of the box (between screen and camera output, and not overheating) but they've been lazy at the top
This was posted three days later:
Samsung's Google messages rival isn't dead after all in fact it's just been upgraded