Why doesn't Google force manufacturers to implement certain standards/features?

In the RCS thread theres quite a discussion going on. To my understanding not even every manufacturer has implemented RCS completely on their phones yet.

Couldn't Google just say: Implement RCS (or anything else they want to push) for your max 2 year old devices in 6 months, or you lose access to the Google Ecosystem. Surely no manufacturer would dare to oppose that? (look what happened with Huawei when they faced that threat)



Submitted July 28, 2019 at 04:57PM by palle-meister https://ift.tt/2YrJDhY https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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