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Google is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices.
(support.google.com)
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I've been degoogled since 2019 so I have never actually used RCS so I'm not 100% sure.
If I were to guess I would assume it has something to do with Apples support for RCS. The last time I checked, Apple won't support end-to-end encryption in RCS and the messages are only encrypted in transit so maybe Android users that will use RCS with Apple users will have all of the chats saved unencrypted within the system folders and that would be no bueno for Google
But I'm honestly not sure, I have no interest in learning about RCS unless GSMA helps open source apps integrate it so I'm not stuck with either Samsungs or Googles messaging apps
I never will. It's too little, too late.
20 years ago it would've been a god replacement for SMS. Today? I only use SMS with people who refuse to switch to any modern messenger. I was using XMPP on my phone 20 years ago...