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    1 year ago

    They’re doing the GSMA standard and nothing else. I think they refuse to play ball with any standard Google controls either directly or indirectly.

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        1 year ago

        It’s just smart business. Why give up any level of control of anything to a direct competitor when you don’t have to?

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          1 year ago

          Especially Google, and especially the crappy implementation of RCS.

          I see posts every day of people having issues. Messages not sent, not received, etc.