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Subject: Re: Samsung no longer shipping with Samsung Messages in the USA
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:41:17 +0100
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:

> Steve Hayes wrote:
>
>> Are you talking about that, or something else -- messages over the
>> Internet, like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and others?
>
> Yes, that's how RCS works (either in Google Messages or Samsung
> Messages and soon on Apple) but without needing an additional account,
> it uses your phone number as ID, has fallback to SMS if your
> correspondent isn't reachable by RCS.

I came across this:

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/dma-notice-non-users

I am on Signal but I haven't tried it, I am not sure I would know how.