Wtf is the reasoning here, just checked and it’s broken for me also.
I used to unlock the bootloaders for a couple of years on all my phones, 10 years ago or so. I installed cyanogenmod and used it the way it was supposed to: rooted. But then Google Pay came along as well as banking apps that actually did their jobs better then the banks’ web sites. You couldn’t use either of that reliably with a rooted phone. So now I am back to stock android and I am actually quite happy with it. I like the google services, including Google Pay. Also, stock android improved a lot since the early 10s.
Not one single mention in the article of what an “RCS message” is.
Boy do I hate articles that just assume you know all the context you need.
Google Messages is a mess. It NEVER falls back to SMS if you lose data connection, making it very unreliable.
As a result I’ve had several messages fail, with no notice unless I open the app and see the “failed” message.
As a result I disabled RCS and the app and installed QKSMS and only use SMS. It’s 100% reliable. For chats I use WhatsApp.
Add to that they are now blocking rooted users WITHOUT TELLING THEM, and it’s really a pile of steaming sh!t.
Suchai needs to go. Google as a whole is getting worse under his leadership.
Even Android has stagnated under him. It should be way better than it is but he doesn’t inspire creativity and excitement in the staff. They are all playing it safe, with zero innovation.
An “industry standard” that Google seems to have complete control over. Sound like another failed Google messaging app.
