cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/tech@kbin.social/t/26889
Google just announced that all RCS conversations in Messages are now fully end-to-end encrypted, even in group chats. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is replacing traditional text and picture messaging, providing you with more dynamic and secure features. With RCS enabled, you can share high-res photos and videos, see typing indicators for your…
Why not push for google to adopt iMessage as a standard instead?
Because that would ruin Apple’s business model of ‘your friend doesn’t use iMessage because they have an android and thats on them’
They wouldn’t make money off of iMessage being on androids, which they’ve shown with other things to be the only thing they really care aboyt.
