Google Messages preps deleting sent RCS messages 'for everyone'
Google Messages preps deleting sent RCS messages 'for everyone'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25250143
In June, the GSMA responsible for RCS finalized the latest standard with the ability to delete a sent message, and Google Messages...
I feel that at this point, I have lost all faith we will ever see RCS as an actual libre, federated protocol.
Crazy to think in a couple of years RCS will be two decades old in the making
https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-to-take-rich-communication-suite-forwards/
I remember getting all excited when googs tried to take it by the reins in 2016ish but the amount of people that still....
1 - simply hate it and only use SMS still (and turn off mobile data too like neanderthrals)
2 - hate it because RCS sometimes just does not work because they got a backlog of "texts" suddenly coming through, and turn it off
3 - use a third party app for messaging instead and have done with it
I really don't see how it's gonna compete with Apple being, Apple too :/
I mean half the reason too is just that existing group texts don't just auto transition to RCS even if everyone supports it.
I literally have to delete and recreate a group to make it trigger, but then I lose all those texts and my family gets confused because now there's 2 group chats so half the time they don't use it anyways.
