It’s all about the bubbles.

Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

  • @[email protected]English
    52•2 years ago

    Their implementation is closed source, not the protocol. They can’t change the protocol unilaterally whenever they want, etc.

    Big difference.

      • @[email protected]English
        11•2 years ago

        No idea, but that has nothing to do with anything. Considering that the standard is public and free (unlike ISO stuff bte), that most relevant telecoms support it, and that a lot of phone manufacturers have a custom client that does support it, it’s not remotely close to being closed sourced, and service-authentication-gated like iMessages.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•2 years ago

        Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

        Until free speech covers equal rights to emoji msg replies (etc), I really don’t see any way to force companies to make the playing field level for people who aren’t their customers.

        • @[email protected]English
          16•2 years ago

          Believe it or not you might need to pay for something that you like and use. Wierd fuckin notion I know.

          You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•2 years ago

            I’m not confusing it, I’m just used to them being paired. Ya know… FOSS… as are others.

            • TheRealKuniEnglish
              6•2 years ago

              The “Free” in “Free and Open Source Software” is, famously, “free as in speech, not free as in beer.”

              • @[email protected]English
                1•2 years ago

                Well then I admit to being wrong. All the FOSS software I use was free as in no payment required. So… idk

    • @[email protected]English
      15•2 years ago

      Okay but their implementation is what they are touting. The standard RCS protocol is only marginally better than sms. Google constantly uses encryption in their ad campaigns for RCS, which is exclusive to to googles implementation. There is no way anyone is going to get Apple to work on an implementation that interoperates with Google