Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 10 months agoGoogle is blocking RCS on rooted Android deviceswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down13cross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@burggit.moeandroid@lemdro.id
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minus-squareIDew@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoDo people even use it? As soon as I say that Google owned this I got rid of it while debloating someone else’s phone
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoMany people use it. Regular android users have it enabled in their “Messages” app.
minus-squareIDew@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWeird, I’ve not seen anyone I know use it in the past
minus-squareChewy@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI guess it’s similar to how people use iMessage because it’s the pre-installed messaging app. Both fall back to of SMS/MMS if the other party isn’t using the same closed ecosystem. I.e. Google’s proprietary end-to-end encryption or iMessage.
minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI use it. I enabled RCS as the primary protocol since too many time critical SMS messages got too delayed. Just as a matter of curiosity, how do you get rid of RCS specifically?
minus-squarebrlemworld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoGo into Google Messages settings and disable the setting.
Do people even use it? As soon as I say that Google owned this I got rid of it while debloating someone else’s phone
Many people use it. Regular android users have it enabled in their “Messages” app.
Weird, I’ve not seen anyone I know use it in the past
I guess it’s similar to how people use iMessage because it’s the pre-installed messaging app. Both fall back to of SMS/MMS if the other party isn’t using the same closed ecosystem. I.e. Google’s proprietary end-to-end encryption or iMessage.
That makes sense.
I use it. I enabled RCS as the primary protocol since too many time critical SMS messages got too delayed.
Just as a matter of curiosity, how do you get rid of RCS specifically?
Go into Google Messages settings and disable the setting.