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minus-square@InnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-21 month agoSo we’re back to square one, five messengers and one which "can do anything"©®™ led by google. No thanks I’d rather let SMS be as it is. As far as I can see you can’t join the network without some kind of authorization (see rooted phones being unable to).
minus-squareLka1988linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoMy rooted Pixel 9 Pro has RCS enabled. Just needed the Play Integrity Fix patch installed through Magisk. Though I think Google is changing that in May, so we’ll see what happens.
minus-square@InnerScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoYeah you need a TrickyStore and a valid key, though my point is that they can pick and choose who can be an RCS client.
minus-squareLka1988linkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-21 month agoYou don’t need Tricky Store to have functioning RCS (yet).
minus-squareTonyOstrichlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoThat’s the point of GSM standardizing the encryption method. Progress is slow until it isn’t. We have to start somewhere.
So we’re back to square one, five messengers and one which "can do anything"©®™ led by google. No thanks I’d rather let SMS be as it is.
As far as I can see you can’t join the network without some kind of authorization (see rooted phones being unable to).
My rooted Pixel 9 Pro has RCS enabled. Just needed the Play Integrity Fix patch installed through Magisk. Though I think Google is changing that in May, so we’ll see what happens.
Yeah you need a TrickyStore and a valid key, though my point is that they can pick and choose who can be an RCS client.
You don’t need Tricky Store to have functioning RCS (yet).
That’s the point of GSM standardizing the encryption method. Progress is slow until it isn’t. We have to start somewhere.