[superlupo]

I think that's a shame. Some of my contacts only have WhatsApp, and I am definitely not gonna install that Spyware. So to those, I am still sending pictures by MMS.

[lota-putty]

Try email, better privacy than MMS.

I was a MMSC developer over a decade ago, don't ask what most of the MMS traffic was.

[kingcharles]

I know, I know *hugs*

[hocuspocus]

Hopefully by 2023 the state of RCS will have improved.

[Arcanum-XIII]

Except most carrier don't want to implement it — it will need new investment in architecture, new bilateral negociation between operator, new routing partners... and it's backed by Google, which seems to not reassure anyone.

[lxgr]

Honestly, at this point I don't think there is hope for RCS.

And even if there was: I really don't like the idea of an (at least somewhat) carrier-controlled messaging service. Especially the lack of multi-device messaging/not being able to access my account without my phone is really frustrating.

We had all of that with instant messengers in the early 2000s (proprietary or open/federated) – RCS seems like a big step back in that regard.

[lxgr]

This seems like a bad tradeoff, considering that MMS are entirely unencrypted and traverse a lot of legacy infrastructure.

[merb]

legacy yes, entirely unencrypted is mostly wrong. mms used tls in later revisions (it uses soap in mm7 upwards)