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pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to Guest 25 days ago last edited by
incorrect
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perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 25 days ago last edited by
I think you may have misunderstood what I wrote.
Snapchat makes money through showing you ads. RCS is something very different. It is not social media. RCS has no ads in the same way that SMS has no ads.
Telecom providers have to spend money to support RCS. Telecom providers don't want to spend money on RCS if it's not going to earn them money. They believe RCS is not going to earn them money because the customers aren't interested. The customers aren't interested because they can already chat with each other through social media and chat apps.
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nudenewt@lemm.eereplied to Guest 25 days ago last edited by
Care to elaborate? Genuinely i interested as to why that is
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nudenewt@lemm.eereplied to Guest 25 days ago last edited by
What are some good examples of apks to use in regards to this use-case?
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astro_ray@piefed.socialreplied to Guest 25 days ago last edited by
I don't know if you know about it, but there's this new community !growthefediverse@slrpnk.net
They got some nice discussion about how to on-board more people on here. -
suoko@feddit.itreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
So google is just loosing money with their Jibe servers?
There is no ads there.
I guess they can make money with RCS business accounts if they wanted.But let's get back to the fediverse question, google manages RCS by providing jibe servers for mobile operators right? Because they were lazy to .manage it (and they're not that techy when it comes to servers probably, they're good with antenna and similar mostly)
Can't anyone offer a jibe server for any mobile operator?
Google is not a global mobile provider at all.
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perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Google is not making a profit from RCS, but they don't have to be loosing money either. I don't know the price Google is charging telecom providers. It's either very cheap or for free. That's why many telecom providers choose Google's solution. I believe that Google is treating it as an investment. I assume that Google plan to charge more in the future or that they want data from the users. Maybe both.
Telecom providers know how to do all of this themselves, but it's going to cost more money than using Google's solution. Someone else can absolutely start providing RCS to telecom providers but they will have a hard time trying to sell it to telecom providers if they're not cheaper than Google.
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mitm0@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Simplex is more like Briar or Cwtch
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mitm0@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
What is Sup ?
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breakfastmtn@lemmy.careplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Not too much. Sup with you?
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mitm0@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Nice one
Anyways, what is this "Sup" that people keep talking about ?
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breakfastmtn@lemmy.careplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Thanks for being a good sport. In these trying times we have to cherish every genuine updog moment we find ourselves in.
It's federated encrypted messaging
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suoko@feddit.itreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Is the RCS technology fully open source? If yes it could be nice to try to find a fediverse - friendly mobile operator willing to create a bridge...
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perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
It's not open source
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itjustdonn@slrpnk.netreplied to Guest 24 days ago last edited by
Good to know! Still new to the fediverse so I'm trying to get a good lay of the land in terms of what different platforms offer
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acockworkorange@mander.xyzreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Signal is just like WhatsApp. Same features. So yeah, that’s incorrect.
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jackalope@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
Can you explain a little more what you mean?
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jagged_circle@feddit.nlreplied to Guest 22 days ago last edited by
The app requires code from Google that is not open source and has a history of being malware that invades your privacy and steals your data.
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jackalope@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 19 days ago last edited by
I'm not aware of any code from Google it requires. What history of stealing data does signal have?
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jagged_circle@feddit.nlreplied to Guest 19 days ago last edited by
It requires google code yes
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