Does anyone know of an open-source alternative to Google’s “Messages” app, which takes care of SMS/text messages on my phone?

I was looking for open-source alternatives on PlayStore and F-Droid but can’t really find anything – most apps seem to target some extra purpose than simply handling SMSs.

(Edit: I’d like to stay away from the “Simple Mobile Tools” line because I don’t know if it’s open source, and I don’t like the way they promoted some apps – forcing users to update to pro and similar.)

Cheers!

  • coffeekomrade@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if any of these listed alternatives support RCS, SMS/MMS is an incredibly old and insecure

    • kungen@feddit.nu
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      1 year ago

      I honestly don’t like RCS, because when I send an SMS, I want it to be using that old protocol that doesn’t depend on network functionality. Whereas any real chatting I usually take using more secure apps. SMS for me is “hey, you’re not responding on our normal chat programs, is your wifi dead or you roaming?” kind of situation.

    • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      RCS is proprietary. Very unlikely there will ever be an implementation that is open source or foundation driven.