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.

  • Yawnder@lemmy.zipEnglish
    532·
    1 year ago

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

    Big difference.

    • Porgey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      1 year 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

      • Yawnder@lemmy.zipEnglish
        124·
        1 year 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.

      • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
        222·
        1 year 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.

        • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          161·
          1 year 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.

          • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
            214·
            1 year ago

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

            • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              1 year ago

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

              • ubermeisters@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

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