Google is silently blocking RCS on rooted Android phones and custom ROMs (Update)
www.androidauthority.com
Google famously campaigned for Apple to "get the message" and use RCS, but now doesn't let rooted Android users use RCS.

TL;DR

  • Users who have rooted their phone, have their bootloader unlocked or are using some custom ROMs report that their RCS messages are not being sent, even though RCS shows them as connected.
  • The Google Messages app does not show any error messages when blocking RCS messages of these users and does not send the messages out as SMS or MMS either.
  • Google famously campaigned for Apple to include RCS messaging in iMessage but is now blocking it for certain Android users.
  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    and yet I get crap about complaining about android and rooting it when this shit literally happens, on the regular.

    Im sorry, i want to like android, but it’s awful, and genuinely sucks.

    • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Wait… It sucks cause they are actively working to break it. Not because its flawed. Its no different than apples stupid bubbles.

      • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I think the point is that if it can be sabotaged by a central authority, it sucks. Both Apple and Google suck.