Re: RCS messaging

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

On 2025-04-03 15:20, Andy Burns wrote:

Jörg Lorenz wrote:
 

I suspect you do not understand RCS either.  I'm one of the

(apparently few) people here who use RCS, I will now happily send
photos to people, whereas in the past I'd think twice due to MMS
charges.

>
Not few. Ask chatgpt:
>
How many users worldwide are there of RCS?
>
As of 2024, Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging has seen
significant global adoption. Juniper Research reported that the number
of active RCS users worldwide reached 1.1 billion in 2024, up from 930
million in 2023. Similarly, Omdia projected that RCS would have a
cross-platform reach of approximately 2.5 billion monthly active users
by the end of 2024. This growth is further supported by Google's
announcement in 2023 that over one billion monthly active users had
RCS enabled, with expectations of continued expansion as more devices
and platforms adopt RCS support. ​
OneSignal+9thesun.co.uk+9TeleMessage+9 Juniper Research
PressReleaseHub listrak.com+2Sinch+2

This might be due to Google turning it on by default.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/google-messages-will-now-use-rcs-by-default-and-encrypt-group-chats/

https://9to5google.com/2023/08/08/google-messages-rcs-default/

I am surprised it was as long ago as 2023, but I've noticed more people
have it enabled. These are the people who presumably know nothing about
it and just use the Google Messages app for messages without worrying
about what it does.

(ChatGPT is at least as reliable as searching the internet, and much
easier. And according to OpenAI they clean up the data a bit before
feeding it in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTGNNLPyMI)