Is RCS with Google Messages worth having Google on my phone?

You are not alone. I debate this weekly now On one hand, the computer in our pocket is PRIVATE. We own every process, network call, permission. That is powerful On the other, SMS is laughably outdated. The computer may be private, but the phone certainly is not. RCS is objectively superior My new concern with the introduction of iOS RCS E2EE is one of empathy. I will break E2EE in every carrier-based chat I am added to. I am willfully making these comms less secure. I am not the only party who suffers in this exchange. I have not made peace with that I am holding out for the day that FOSS RCS becomes possible. Probably the same day I win the lottery