sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square260linkfedilinkarrow-up11.21K
arrow-up11.21Kexternal-linkGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square260linkfedilink
minus-squaremoodwrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIf you’re on Android, the Textra app handles most of the emojis on messages without needing RCS. Sadly it still doesn’t work with reactions to images yet.
minus-squareAnimalsDream@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoLooks like scamware, only available on Play Store, and it doesn’t look like it’s open-source. I wouldn’t go near that.
minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWhy? You aren’t confortable with a random guy developing an app having access to your conversations or to your 2FA codes from your bank?
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoTBF I used it for a couple of years, tho I don’t anymore. It’s a good app. Didn’t get robbed or murdered.
minus-squarematlag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! I’ve been busy, ok?!? Now if you could stop moving, I can’t aim!!
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTextra was the go-to SMS app for quite a while in the enthusiast community. I don’t know what happened to it in the last few years though.
minus-squareJCSandt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTextra claims Google is the reason they don’t have RCS support, something along the lines of locked out of the protocol?
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRCS is not an open protocol. Never was. Otherwise every other SMS app would have already implemented it.
minus-squareAnimalsDream@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAs a rule, I don’t use proprietary software unless I have to. So from my perspective it may as well not exist.
If you’re on Android, the Textra app handles most of the emojis on messages without needing RCS. Sadly it still doesn’t work with reactions to images yet.
Looks like scamware, only available on Play Store, and it doesn’t look like it’s open-source. I wouldn’t go near that.
Why? You aren’t confortable with a random guy developing an app having access to your conversations or to your 2FA codes from your bank?
TBF I used it for a couple of years, tho I don’t anymore. It’s a good app. Didn’t get robbed or murdered.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! I’ve been busy, ok?!? Now if you could stop moving, I can’t aim!!
Textra was the go-to SMS app for quite a while in the enthusiast community. I don’t know what happened to it in the last few years though.
Textra claims Google is the reason they don’t have RCS support, something along the lines of locked out of the protocol?
RCS is not an open protocol. Never was. Otherwise every other SMS app would have already implemented it.
As a rule, I don’t use proprietary software unless I have to. So from my perspective it may as well not exist.
Ok