@[email protected] to [email protected] • 11 months agoCan you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp?message-square34fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareCan you easily communicate in your country (business/private life) without being involuntarily forced to use whatsapp?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•11 months agoI really think it wouldn’t be that hard to make a law that messengers have to respect some minimal protocol for interoperability, like RCS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services If EU can force phone makers to have USB ports, it can make messangers respect RCS.
minus-squareGadgeteerZAlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoI’m not sure RCS is yet complete enough. It was really designed with replacement of SMS in mind. It also needs to work independently of any phone number and ensure full E2EE.
I really think it wouldn’t be that hard to make a law that messengers have to respect some minimal protocol for interoperability, like RCS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
If EU can force phone makers to have USB ports, it can make messangers respect RCS.
I’m not sure RCS is yet complete enough. It was really designed with replacement of SMS in mind. It also needs to work independently of any phone number and ensure full E2EE.