Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: More about RCS. Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 21:59:14 +0100 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <2e8r4lx6om.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <6snfnj5880vigl6guglovgq28nr3pl1tp4@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net m+XzvgktCfsLE0UzE4K8KwUSj1GHQqv0nPSa44yFK81T1+h3sm X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:z61KWwiPm1tlM87IlDGQutZC67M= sha256:IKkle0y8guSaioWbGUoHBWSGGk724UKJrlsu4tub5VI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146293 On 2025-01-05 17:31, Jörg Lorenz wrote: > On 05.01.25 12:57, Arno Welzel wrote: >> Carlos E.R., 2025-01-04 02:55: >> >>> On 2025-01-03 23:22, Arno Welzel wrote: >> [... >>>> Messengers on the other hand are mostly proprietary non-federated >>>> services like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Threema etc. which use servers >>>> of the respective provider (like Meta in the case of WhatsApp) and they >>>> send messages using these servers. You also can not send message from >>>> WhatsApp to Signal or Threema. If you have friends using Threema you >>>> either also need a Threema account or you have to convince your friends >>>> to join the messenger service you use yourself. >>> >>> Whereas SMS is guaranteed to exist on any (mobile) phone. >> >> Yes - but it is not guaranteed any longer to be delivered. At least in >> Germany I experienced it more than once that SMS from one provider to >> another did not get delivered to the recipient. Since providers don't >> earn extra money for SMS any longer, they tend not to care about >> interoperability any longer. > > SMS has never been more important as delivery channel for security > related distribution channels and for businesses. Simply because it is > standardised like email. > > For private communication it almost completely lost its importance and > was replaced with Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, > Threema and iMessage. But certainly not RCS. That's not so in NA. You keep forgetting. -- Cheers, Carlos.