alt Hacker News> The intended purpose of RCS was to be federated between carriers, just like SMS.
Oof, so it was essentially destined to fail when the spec was being written.
> The intended purpose of RCS was to be federated between carriers, just like SMS.
Oof, so it was essentially destined to fail when the spec was being written.
Did SMS fail? Sort of, as it's rarely used, but also not, because it continues to work and it's still the only federated messaging system you can rely on being available on your phone (besides phone calls).