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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by kop316 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:45PM (#26975199)
> It is solved if phones use RCS.

Unfortunately, if the carriers impose the same attachment limit, it really won't help. The limit on MMS is largely artificial (considering the phone and the MMSC talk HTTP...sending an MMS is literally an HTTP POST).

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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by room500 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:48PM (#26975228)
RCS does not use MMS so attachment limits do not apply.

RCS is its own technology. If everyone in a chat uses RCS, SMS and MMS are not used at all. It is like iMessage - but based on an open standard

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Re:Eddy Cue wanted to bring iMessage to Android in 2013 by kop316 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:02PM (#26975349)
I think you missed my point......

The reason there is an attachment limit is because the carriers enforce it in the first place. It isn't a limitation of the MMS standard.

As such, what would stop carriers from enforcing the exact same limitations on RCS?

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