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When I enabled RCS on my Android, I started getting ads with rich media. So I disabled it. And moreover WhatsApp is the dominant messaging app in my country. So this doesn't matter.

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Ads? Where? There's no spot in Google Messages for them.

Rampant spam has forced Google to turn off RCS ads in India[0]

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-in...

It's not RCS that was turned off, just "Business Messaging", meant for trusted companies to communicate with their customers.

Not on the Google Messages app itself, but inside the messages. Just like spam promotional emails.

Emails??

Rampant spam has forced Google to turn off RCS ads in India[0]

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-in...

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