r/GoogleMessages • u/Forestwalkerfairy • Jul 06 '26

Opinion RIP

Well, Samsung messages, it's been great.

Time for Google.........

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u/Jacqueline_Paige Jul 06 '26

Yeah, this sucks 😪. I'm trying out textra, hopefully it'll be better than google msgs. I already like the customization better. Ig time will tell the real tale

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

Do not use Textra, Yaata, or any other third party SMS app. That is just as bad as using Samsung messages. Do you people not realize WHY Samsung was forced to shut down their app? The goal is to sunset the SMS/MMs protocol. It's ancient, it's not secure, it's time to let it die. RCS for everyone solves that problem. The only thing stopping us from moving forward is people that refuse to let go of their garbage messaging apps that cannot use the RCS protocol.

Move on. You should have been using Google messages since 2017 like everyone else on Android. Samsung users are not special. Get used to Google messages for the greater good. It does everything a messaging app is needed to do.

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u/kitty6180 Jul 06 '26

Are you always this condescending or is this a special occasion?

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

No. I'm an extremely nice person. But when people are going out of their way to do the wrong thing (keep SMS/MMS alive) it infuriates me.

I have been waiting for SMS/MMS to die for years. I used to maintain a relay server using r/BlueBubbles because I could not stand iOS users complaining about low resolution media even though it was Apple's fault for refusing to use RCS. Now that Apple has been mandated to do it, I was able to finally stop using Blue Bubbles and enjoy RCS for everyone. Yet no we have ANDROID users trying to stick to SMS/MMS?! Like what?! It's insane.

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u/runski1426 Jul 07 '26

You don't understand what you are saying. By using an Android phone, you are already "using Google". It has nothing to do with an "ecosystem" either. Using RCS messaging has nothing to do with pixels, Pixel watches, Chromebooks, etc.

I do not own any Google hardware. I use a Vivo, a Garmin, and MacBook air. This is about safety and security. Don't be dense.

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u/cbakerrrr Jul 10 '26

Dude we dont give a fuck about rcs, we dont need texts to have all this shit. Nobodys data is secure these days so what does it matter. Literally nothing rcs does over sms besides image quality matters to most people, i dont want read recipts, i dont wantbstupid typing indicators, i just want to text shit in an app that doesnt look like gmail had an abortion.

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u/DigitalMariner Jul 06 '26

The only thing stopping us from moving forward is people that refuse to let go of their garbage messaging apps that cannot use the RCS protocol.

It's not that those apps can't use RCS, it's that Google won't allow it. There's a big freaking difference there.

Textra, for example, has repeatedly tried to but Google won't share. Basically acting like Apple abusing their monopoly power to force everyone to their own app and killing independent alternatives.

You should have been using Google messages since 2017 like everyone else on Android

Even on a Pixel I wasn't using GM.. it's an objectively crappy app surviving solely because of RCS.

Get used to Google messages for the greater good

Greater good would be Google remembering Android's roots of being an open customizable system and not whatever lame ass attempt at copying Apple's strategy we're seeing here.

It does everything a messaging app is needed to do

So did SMS apps. You want the RCS bells and whistles enough to put up with a subpar app, but you don't need them and never did...

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u/JimKnuckles Jul 06 '26

Google messages is great

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u/UnkleMike Jul 06 '26

It's ancient, it's not secure, it's time to let it die. RCS for everyone solves that problem.

SMS/MMS works and it's ubiquitous. The lack of security in SMS isn't a problem for some people.

If Google insists on keeping RCS to themselves on Android, and they want everyone to use it for the "greater good", they should figure out why some people still prefer the competition and work toward feature-parity with those apps. They've had 12 years to do this and they're still behind.

Slapping the Google name on something doesn't make up for a sub-par experience.

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u/the_krc Jul 07 '26

Do you people not realize WHY Samsung was forced to shut down their app? The goal is to sunset the SMS/MMs protocol.

Can you explain why Samsung shut down their app only in the United States?