@mcc It sucks that #RCS, even though being an open standard, has no FOSS implementation. It is only implemented in Google's proprietary Play Services on Android, and they have a whitelist for the apps that can use it, which currently is limited to Google's and Samsung's messaging apps. This really sucks, because RCS could have been a massive improvement for everyone if it was implemented in AOSP and could be used without proprietary apps.

@boo_ @mcc I think there were RCS apps before it, by carriers? It's a fairly old standard

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@boo_ @mcc oh, the English wikipedia doesn't mention anything but the German one lists a few attempts, starting as early as 2012

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