Carrier-Independent RCS Messaging Without Big Tech

C5/10March 2, 2026

WhatAn open-source or independent RCS client and server that implements the full RCS Universal Profile without routing through Google's Jibe platform.

SignalCommenters describe a broken messaging experience where RCS group chats degrade to verbose SMS spam for anyone not on Google or Apple's stack, and people feel trapped between monopolistic messaging platforms with no interoperable alternative.

Why NowEU DMA is forcing interoperability on gatekeepers, Apple just adopted RCS, and the GrapheneOS expansion is creating a wave of users who specifically want Google-free communication.

MarketPrivacy-focused Android users today, potentially all Android users frustrated with messaging fragmentation — messaging infra is a multi-billion dollar market but monetization is hard. Signal and Matrix are adjacent competitors but neither does RCS.

MoatNetwork effects if you become the default RCS stack for alternative Android ROMs, plus protocol-level integration that's genuinely hard to replicate.

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