Google is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices.

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The walled garden is something that grows fast everywhere. Users should have the rights over their devices. Maybe its time to get the EU on this train, their last approaches like the GDPR or the DSA are from near the same spirit.

Its unlikely that they'd get involved, RCS might be default on Googles messenger app but people still mainly use alternatives like WhatsApp so there's not a big enough user base that would be affected and since Google is pushing RCS as interoperal, DSA won't apply.

Yes, OS supported root should be mandatory, it shouldn't have to be some sort of hack.