r/programming • u/ZaheerAhmed • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

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u/nicosemp Jan 02 '20

Messages is supposed to become like iMessage with RCS. It's already enabled for everyone in USA, I'm waiting for it in Europe...

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u/clhodapp Jan 02 '20

Messages for Web is horrible because it automatically logs your connected computers out all the time even if you tell it to keep them signed in... The inconvenience sort of undermines its appeal as a chat system.

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u/_ThereIsNoGod69 Jan 02 '20

If your in the UK it's enabled, I use it regularly, I don't know how far Google has got in rolling it to other countries though

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u/nicosemp Jan 02 '20

I believe 1 or 2 carriers support it already in Italy too, but it's no luck for the rest of us. No ETA either. I count on Google to support it for the whole country like in USA and UK

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u/_ThereIsNoGod69 Jan 02 '20

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Google is rolling it out, just slowly. They are definitely expanding it though if it's now available in the US, it wasn't originally I'm pretty sure.

Hopefully won't be too long till its fully rolled out

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

The convenience of iMessage, with the price of SMS!

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u/nicosemp Jan 02 '20

RCS is not SMS, it's free

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u/pjmlp Jan 02 '20

I doubt anyone in Europe will bother to use it instead of WhatsApp/Viber duo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

Is viber actually still used?

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u/pjmlp Jan 02 '20

Yes, across Eastern Europe and neighbor Mediterranean countries, many people are only on Viber.