Is RCS an open standard? I’ve seen some people say it is and others it isn’t and now I’m very confused. Can you please give me a definitive answer?

  • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Yes it is, it’s been developed by the GSM Association, but Google does have de facto monopoly in the market right now by their Jio virtual carrier. RCS can be freely implemented by carriers and device manufacturers independently of that, but so far only Samsung, T-Mobile USA and Verizon did so — everyone else uses Google’s Messages. Importantly, different RCS implementations can talk to each other, just like email servers, or Lemmy instances.

    Apple has been encouraged to enable RCS compatibility in iMessage in a loud campaign by Google, but they are obviously not very eager to do that, as their own research shows the closedness of Apple ecosystem and messaging system is a main driving factor of sales. This has been revealed in the Apple vs Epic Games case hearings

      • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
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        9 months ago

        wait you’re right I messed up, let me edit that part out. I swear it used to say that Jio runs RCS infrastructure for Google.

        edit: It was JIBE

          • SameOldInternet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            I really wouldn’t know. In this context I assume it means it is not deployed like traditional mobile networks are. The missing components being the hardware side like putting up towers etc.