cm0002@programming.dev to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 18 days agoGoogle Messages may soon stop silently failing to send RCS chats on rooted deviceswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
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minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 days agoThis is actually an improvement. Better to give an error message, than to silently fail.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-218 days agoThey’re both enshittification, telling you why is an extra “fuck you” on top of something that shouldn’t happen in the first place.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days agoIt is better than silent failure
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoYes, but blocking RCS from rooted devices has always been a control move. I’ve had to deal with it for the last year plus since I root to hide tether.
This is actually an improvement.
Better to give an error message, than to silently fail.
They’re both enshittification, telling you why is an extra “fuck you” on top of something that shouldn’t happen in the first place.
It is better than silent failure
Yes, but blocking RCS from rooted devices has always been a control move. I’ve had to deal with it for the last year plus since I root to hide tether.