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That threshold is going to be very low, at least for me. If my friends decide not to move, I'll just switch back to plain old regular SMS. I already have an SMS
by msravi 8y ago
That threshold is going to be very low, at least for me. If my friends decide not to move, I'll just switch back to plain old regular SMS. I already have an SMS app that has spam filters, and that'll do just fine.
- roel_v 8y agoSMS can't do groups, those are a killer feature of whatsapp.
- xbmcuser 8y agoThe new rcs standard solves most of the problems of sms apart from end to end encryption. It might take off if mobile carriers support it.
- r_c_a_d 8y agoI was not aware of RCS until today. Looking at it I can see governments also being very keen to see it take off; since many of them are worried about end-to-end encryption hindering their ability to snoop on private conversations.
- petepete 8y agoIt's going to be a long process. Mobile carriers, like mine (O2 UK) don't really stand to gain anything from RCS. Until companies begin to offer additional functionality for RCS users, like branding, rich media and bespoke action buttons[0] and normal people start moaning or switching to a network that does support it, I really can't see them budging on their stance. [0] https://www.openmarket.com/blog/rcs-to-eclipse-apps/ https://www.openmarket.com/blog/rcs-to-eclipse-apps/
- saagarjha 8y ago> SMS can't do groups It can't? My iPhone seems to do this pretty well for SMS; what exactly is it doing to make this work?
- roel_v 8y agoYou can send to multiple, I guess that's what you mean? When someone replies, it doesn't neccessarily get send to everyone. It's like email with a bunch of cc's vs listserv.
- saagarjha 8y agoSo, when I form an SMS group, do my recipients not get it as a group? I was not aware of this. I thought that if I formed a group with A and B, and sent a message to A, it would show up on their side as "saagarjha sent a message to the saagarjha, A, and B group".
- roel_v 8y agoNot sure, maybe your SMS client has a way of encoding it somewhere in the metadata, and if the recipient uses the same client, it does show up like that? The SMS 'protocol' (if it's called that) doesn't have it, AFAIK, and no SMS I ever used had such functionality.
- mugsie 8y agoThat is probably using MMS, which never really took off (at least in IE)
- baby 8y agoI think this is of iMessage? It's probably not working if one of the user doesn't have an iPhone.
- ctack 8y agoWhat about Signal or Telegram?
- baby 8y agohow do you SMS your friends abroad?