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Maybe I'm living in a bubble, but since when has SMS been a painful experience for messaging? If I'm texting whoever, whenever, I can send a snap and I have the

Maybe I'm living in a bubble, but since when has SMS been a painful experience for messaging? If I'm texting whoever, whenever, I can send a snap and I have the bonus of not having to take a picture for every text I send. Plus in the days of modern texting, I use Messages from my computer which makes life even more pleasant as at work I'm able to keep in touch with friends/family without even glancing at my phone. I never have to worry if they're on a network with SMS.

doublerebel 11y ago
MMS for picture messaging: * picture quality sucks * not ephemeral * requires multiple clicks (snapchat is just one button) * difficult to BCC (snapchat sending is ALL bcc, which is awesome) * doesn't work well from country to country (if at all -- but getting snaps from my international friends is really really cool and works the same as local) * no easy way to send video * expects a reply * is awkward to send in the middle of the night (snapchat is 100% non-emergency and just flashes the notification light) * can't be sure anyone ever got it (snapchat forces read receipts) *... the list is long.
- WatchDog 11y ago
  Also usually costs several orders of magnitude more than the data.
- lotu 11y ago
  Half of those are not true on iOS
  - lmm 11y ago
    Does iOS lose MMS sent to "apostates" like it does for SMS?
  - Orangeair 11y ago
    That's because it isn't MMS. It's Apple's proprietary messaging system.
exadeci 11y ago
I don't use Snapchat a lot but the idea is that you can share a moment with the people you have on it without expecting an answer because it's showed if they checked it or not. An sms/mms appear in the form of a chat and you are like compelled to answer, at least to tell them that you got it.