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> Who uses sms for anything but authenticating WhatsApp/signal/telegram? The irony is thick here. "Who uses the open, standard protocol for anything but authen
by creato 7y ago
> Who uses sms for anything but authenticating WhatsApp/signal/telegram?
The irony is thick here. "Who uses the open, standard protocol for anything but authenticating proprietary, locked-in services competing on network effects?"
The whole point is to make it so the standard thing that everyone has by default doesn't suck as much, so we don't need to make messaging service decisions based on network effects and lock-in.
- Spivak 7y agoI mean SMS isn’t immune to this at all since it’s just ‘the protocol controlled by your carrier.’ It’s no more open in practice than any consumer messaging app. SMS has a strong network effect thanks to carriers wanting to charge you per message but basically nothing else going for it.
- pjmlp 7y agoMost people in Europe have flat rate SMSs.