What google did is host RCS infrastructure and have the worlds most popular messaging client.
You can absolutely setup an RCS server, build an FCS client that has the appropriate keys and access, put RCS relays in important peering points a over the world, and roll that out to millions of ppl yourself.
Sort of like nuclear power; you could probably build a reactor yourself, but it’s a heavy lift plus there are players that don’t want you to.
Google didn’t buy it, it’s an open standard.
What google did is host RCS infrastructure and have the worlds most popular messaging client.
You can absolutely setup an RCS server, build an FCS client that has the appropriate keys and access, put RCS relays in important peering points a over the world, and roll that out to millions of ppl yourself.
Sort of like nuclear power; you could probably build a reactor yourself, but it’s a heavy lift plus there are players that don’t want you to.
So, what you’re saying is… no. Gotcha.
I know what you mean, it’s frustrating that this happened by google being the 800lb gorilla.
Same thing happened to email, we now only have a handful of providers even though email is an open standard.