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  • What have you explained? That RCS is not stewarded by the IETF? That's not the crux of the issue. My original claim was that RCS was more open than iMessage and that RCS is not owned or controlled by Google. Tell me where I'm wrong, and back it up with good sources. Or not. Whatever you're feeling like.

  • https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/

    After the Constitution was amended in the wake of the Civil War, slavery was ended as an institution but those who were freed from bondage were still limited in their choices. Many who did not end up sharecropping worked in menial positions, such as servants, waiters, barbers and railroad porters. These were pretty much the only occupations available to them. For restaurant workers and railroad porters, there was a catch: many employers would not actually pay these workers, under the condition that guests would offer a small tip instead.

    “These industries demanded the right to basically continue slavery with a $0 wage and tip,” Jayaraman says.

  • Google doesn't own the RCS protocol. This is like saying they own the SMTP protocol because they provide Gmail. They are just one company that has implemented the protocol in their default text message app. They built end-to-end encryption into their implementation, which is currently closed source. I'm guessing this is what you're referring to.

    Anyone can implement RCS. It may cost you some money and some time, but it is possible. That's the difference I was originally trying to highlight.

  • but doesn’t play nice with apple.

    This isn't technically wrong, but to be clear, iMessage is closed source. No one can play nice with Apple, in that regard.

    RCS on the other hand is a more open standard that anyone is free to implement and use. It just doesn't come with end-to-end encryption as a part of the standard.