in the US early in the smart phone revolution there were still lots of not tech savvy people who would stick to SMS/MMS as their primary mode of “texting”.
I still do. I just dont care that much. I use Linux on a daily basis and as my main platform, use Azure and AWS, have an MSDN, run my own email, host my own websites. I am certainly not “non tech savy”.
Let me tell you on flip phone or on android MMS SUCKED.
Its fine. I have an iPhone and Android (and a pinephone for good measure) and Apple has 3 things going for it: 1. more security and privacy - which is a big deal. 2. group chat management (add and remove) which is a nice feature, particularly if you are using it for business. 3. spam reduction.
Other wise, I do not like read receipts. I also do not care if you are typing. Chat is chat, I pay attention to it when I feel like it, and most people acknowledge if it is important. Read receipts do not indicate acknowledgement. All the other features, like stickers for example, are just distractions.
The images are clear and large enough on a small screen, links work, gifs work, I am not sure what else I would want. If you care about sending a large detailed photo, just link it to your sharing platform (my website, dropbox, etc).
If you invite an android user to your group chat it converts into a terrible MMS text message back and forth in order to work.
Funny that you describe it as terrible and awful. An article I read did the same thing. Oh no! I am going to get… words. Huh, nothing different.
And getting grandma and grandpa to use a different messaging app? Why?
So aside from the 3 features I mentioned, this all seems like added crap to something that works well enough.
Still if we can all be on RCS or whatever standard, it would be nice. I just could do without all that additional nonsense that people feel they need to use for some reason when all I want is some words.
Edit: what DID suck was when the cell companies started offering SMS, using the empty headers to push the texts around, AND charged people for the privilege. What a scam that was.
I still do. I just dont care that much. I use Linux on a daily basis and as my main platform, use Azure and AWS, have an MSDN, run my own email, host my own websites. I am certainly not “non tech savy”.
Its fine. I have an iPhone and Android (and a pinephone for good measure) and Apple has 3 things going for it: 1. more security and privacy - which is a big deal. 2. group chat management (add and remove) which is a nice feature, particularly if you are using it for business. 3. spam reduction.
Other wise, I do not like read receipts. I also do not care if you are typing. Chat is chat, I pay attention to it when I feel like it, and most people acknowledge if it is important. Read receipts do not indicate acknowledgement. All the other features, like stickers for example, are just distractions.
The images are clear and large enough on a small screen, links work, gifs work, I am not sure what else I would want. If you care about sending a large detailed photo, just link it to your sharing platform (my website, dropbox, etc).
Funny that you describe it as terrible and awful. An article I read did the same thing. Oh no! I am going to get… words. Huh, nothing different.
And getting grandma and grandpa to use a different messaging app? Why?
So aside from the 3 features I mentioned, this all seems like added crap to something that works well enough.
Still if we can all be on RCS or whatever standard, it would be nice. I just could do without all that additional nonsense that people feel they need to use for some reason when all I want is some words.
Edit: what DID suck was when the cell companies started offering SMS, using the empty headers to push the texts around, AND charged people for the privilege. What a scam that was.