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>>JLCarv+(OP)
RCS is Google's idea of a solution – a company not exactly widely known for their excellence in all things instant messaging.

>>lxgr+Q
Do you have a source that it was started by Google? From looking around, they support its development but it was an industry initiative, and Samsung was one of the first OEMs to support it.

>>JLCarv+vm
It was embraced and extended by Google.

>>kalleb+0Q2
I was asking for a source so I could look further into this, do you have any?

>>JLCarv+kY2
Neither me nor GP said that it was started by Google. Just that it was adopted by them as a solution.

>>kalleb+803
Adopted by Google yes, but since when would Google adopting a technology give them full control over the future of that technology? Surely the other industry members who started RCS also have a say?

And I would argue that the language used implies Google created RCS themselves (it was their idea): "RCS is Google's idea of a solution"

>>JLCarv+pb4
> since when would Google adopting a technology give them full control over the future of that technology

It's the Microsoft 90's playbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...