I mostly use Signal with family and friends. For all else, I have used Google messages and the default app.
4 points
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I had this same question since seeing the post about the Fossify phone app. For phone, calendar, contacts, things like those, i dont see what value the official google apps have (other than syncing to your account, but i can manage that myself). For Messages from Google, tho, there is something they provide in the RCS, if only because they block others from implementing.
So, using Fossify Message, for example, sacrifices something of some actual value here…
1 point
https://github.com/deku-messaging/Deku-SMS-Android
Supports emoji & images Supports e2ee if the other party also have deny SMS installed Supports message forwording
