Why RCS Messaging on is a Mess

Because the modern world runs on three different layers that don’t talk nicely to each other: technology standards, carrier politics, and ’s walled-garden pragmatism.

Let’s untangle it. First, what RCS actually is. stands for Rich Communication Services. It’s basically “#SMS 2.0.” Instead of old-school 160-character text messages bouncing through carrier SMS servers…

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