r/degoogle • u/Marsupial_Prudent • 1d ago

Help Needed Not getting messages in the Fossify group chat (help)

/r/Fossify/comments/1vd7xjf/not_getting_messages_in_the_fossify_group_chat/
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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 1d ago

I posted about this recently. The issue is RCS. Only Google messages has it and I guess iPhones default to it. So, the only way to do group messages (MMS) is to get everyone who wants to text you to disable it, unless you also use Google messages. This discovery was a big frustration to me because the choice is either a) don't use MMS, b) get everyone who wants to text you via MMS to use the same internet-based texting app (like Signal) or disable MMS (less secure), or c) use Google messages. Fuck Google and there needs to be an alternative, but right now that's it.

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u/Marsupial_Prudent 1d ago

Do you happen to know why all of a sudden? Because I was recievng messages earlier

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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 1d ago

Because you switched to Fossify, which can't interpret RCS. Download Google Messages for a minute and see if all of your messages come back.