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Google is Killing Open Source Android Apps (Here's Why) (techlore.tv)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Fuck Google with a stiff wire brush.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I hope so as well. This debacle with RCS not working on GrapheneOS has been a real dick-punch. I really don't want to go back to a stock OS.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's my understanding that RCS was fixed for most users after this update: https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025092700. You may need to grant permissions to Google Play Services first, then clear Google Messages' storage, grant permissions to Google Messages, then try setting it up again.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It was not. I have been on the Discord #Testing channel working with others to troubleshoot. Those steps do not work.

    It seemed to be fixed on the 20251003 release, a lot of people got it working for a while, including me. It died within 24 hours.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I said "most users". There are some who are still experiencing issues, which is being looked into. Other people have had issues that were fixed by clearing the storage for Google Play, Google Play Services, Google Messages, then granting all necessary permissions before launching Google Messages again.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I have accepted no RCS. I miss some of the features, sure, but until I can get more than one person to use something like signal I'll stick with insecure SMS thru a FOSS provider I guess.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I have like 40 people on Signal and regularly chat with a dozen of them there. Some people see the benefits, others don't. I am lucky.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That sounds great! So far, after five years, I have won a single person. Even back when Signal worked as a more regular messenger. Happy for you 🙂

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hopefully we can all get more people on it. I adopted Signal almost ten years ago, so that helped. Keep spreading the word and it'll grow.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I thought the RCS thing was also happening on stock Android? Wasn't it more of a carrier thing?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's been largely fixed for stock with select regions still being affected. RCS is failing on GOS because the correct device ID isn't getting reported and the verification services won't authenticate the OS.

    It'll work for about 24 hours, give or take, from a fresh installation, but after that RCS dies and no longer works. Any groups you were in will see you as departed and you will lose any future messages to that group.

    It's pretty fucked.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Thanks, I had no idea of the severity. I wonder if they'll be able to fix it.

    I convinced my fiance to switch over to GOS because I've had moderate success with it for about a year now. So of course this happens as soon as she made the switch. Now she's talking about getting an iPhone.

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