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I've heard people in the US still use SMS to communicate with eachother. Fucking crazy.
Only when iPhone users need to send a message to literally anyone else.
Inertia and ease of use are powerful.
SMS "just works" and works for everyone here.
While I would like the new fancy features. At least RCS is bringing some and is seamlessly integrated.
Bonus I have 10+ years of txt history and can scroll/search to find something. And since my phone is Google (I know evil) I can access it all from the desktop seamlessly in one window.
Sms just works everywhere though
uhhh that's not some unique american thing lol, that's how people here in sweden communicate too
Barely anyone cares what specific protocol is being used, they just care about what app they have to use and who they can reach, and if anyone isn't using a normal sms app they're generally using facebook messenger or imessages both of which support sms fallback and thus their users don't even know there's a difference half the time.
why not
Can you for example send a video, encrypted and to your computer via SMS? I don't know how much tech they've built over the protocol over in the US, but in many parts of the world SMS was charged per message in your phone bill and things like photos or video cost more to send. People abandoned SMS quickly when 3rd party IP messaging apps like whatsapp came out.
I wouldn't count on your encrypted WhatsApp video actually being secure.
Use signal for that.
i think most people have unlimited texting and data in america, the greatest country.
Yeah data got unlimited here before texts, which caused people to move on to other things. Now texts are usually unlimited, but that train has already sailed.
Blame apple for that. IPhone has this proprietary messaging app pre-installed which is probably super convinient for the ecosystem but uses some obsolete SMS protocol to communicate with android phones. I think recently this has gotten better, but only because beeper and the EU pressing on them