RCS Spam has arrived in India

[Nishant]

I did wondered what took them so long.

 

[Nishant]

This has become so worse that RCS spamming is now more than SMS spamming. Blocking doesn't do shit as they change the string from their end. Turned it off for good on my devices as well as all devices at home.

 

[Sushubh]

best. now switch to sms organizer

 

[Nishant]

Absolutely! Since there's no point in using Samsung Messages or Google Messages.

 

[Sushubh]

google messages does have good spam detection but sort of pointless coz you have to block manually in any case.

sms organizer has fucked their spam management i think. there is no spam option. just blocking. earlier they were categorizing messages from same sender into separate categories. not sure if they are still doing it. i end up using it as default coz it's the only app that wakes up display on notification on samsung.

 

[mikrotik]

You can try mezo, their spam filter is great and it works offline on your device.

 

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[Sushubh]

tried. does not have any option to wake up the display which is somehow needed for samsung devices.

 

[vishalrao]

SMS Organizer has option to move SMS to promo9section and also optional share with Microsoft for future analytics

 

[Nishant]

Google Messages RCS is being abused for ads in India

In India, RCS in the Google Messages app is being abused for incessant ads, and there's only one way to stop it from happening.

9to5google.com

Finally getting coverage. AP also reported it a week ago I think.

 

[minuteman]

I use microsoft sms organizer as my messaging app it has the option to backup messages to google drive, it will auto mute marketing or spam messages