sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 4 days agoGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down11
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1external-linkGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square265fedilink
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoI am suprised that it took this long to find someone that mentions how RCS will need to fight the network effect of pre existing IM apps thanks to no one using SMS in 2026 (for good reason, it is genuinely garbage and unsafe)
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMany people still use SMS in the US because it is (almost) universally free as opposed to mobile data which is not.
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agocarriers on brazil have unlimited mobile data for certain services, including whatsapp, for only 2 USD a momth
I am suprised that it took this long to find someone that mentions how RCS will need to fight the network effect of pre existing IM apps thanks to no one using SMS in 2026 (for good reason, it is genuinely garbage and unsafe)
Many people still use SMS in the US because it is (almost) universally free as opposed to mobile data which is not.
carriers on brazil have unlimited mobile data for certain services, including whatsapp, for only 2 USD a momth