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> My android phone has a phone stack. The only stuff that comes in via my phone number is basically recruiter cold calls. It's a small internet device with some

by Dahoon 6y ago

> My android phone has a phone stack. The only stuff that comes in via my phone number is basically recruiter cold calls. It's a small internet device with some quaint legacy features that I rarely use. Funny how people live in totally different bubbles. I see you are based in Berlin (I'm in Denmark) and I have no idea how it is there but here I -as a geek with very geeky friends- don't know anyone who use their phone as you describe. Sure a few calls are via Facebook with video and some messages too (though many are starting to refuse to use social media) but the overwhelming majority of use is normal old phone-calls, SMS and MMS. Inside my bubble things like you describe (internet based stuff) is where "old people" have moved and younger people are moving away from. Especially those who hate all the data mining done by Apple, Facebook, Google, etc. I don't have a single app on my phone with those capabilities you use and I'm not missing out. Of course I'm sure other very different bubbles are right next door :-) >Operators trying to build walled gardens is a pattern that repeated itself Apple, Facebook...

jillesvangurp 6y ago
Phone calls or text messages are rare for me. I can't remember the last time I sent an SMS message. I've not received an MMS message in over a decade and even then that was relatively rare (less than 10 times in the years that that was a thing at all). So, that stuff is completely dead as far as I'm concerned. I don't think most young people even know stuff like MMS exists. Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? As I recall they were not in a hurry to implement that when the iphone launched originally. The only numbers I call are people like my Doctor to make an appointment because they don't do email for whatever reason (which would make a lot of business sense for them). But mostly my phone is a mini tablet for me. Young people here mainly distinguish themselves by maybe using different networks. People who hate Facebook are common. People who understand Facebook actually also runs Instagram and Whatsapp are less common. Last time I checked they are still getting a lot of daily use, also from Denmark.
- C1sc0cat 6y ago
  You don't get sms notifications/reminders from your doctors / hospitals? about appointments In the UK sms messaging is a key part of a lot of taxi films work flow - who needs UBER
  - jillesvangurp 6y ago
    I live in the digital desert that is Germany.
- pbronez 6y ago
  > I don't think most young people even know stuff like MMS exists. Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? iOS supports SMS/MMS in iMessage. These conversations have green bubbles instead of blue bubbles[0]. This occasionally becomes a status symbol, where showing up as green on someone's iMessage indicates that you don't have an iPhone, and thus are poor / low status. [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006
- jdminhbg 6y ago
  > Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? As I recall they were not in a hurry to implement that when the iphone launched originally. SMS and MMS on iOS both predate iMessage: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Messages https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Messages

by Dahoon 6y ago

jillesvangurp 6y ago

Phone calls or text messages are rare for me. I can't remember the last time I sent an SMS message. I've not received an MMS message in over a decade and even then that was relatively rare (less than 10 times in the years that that was a thing at all). So, that stuff is completely dead as far as I'm concerned. I don't think most young people even know stuff like MMS exists. Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? As I recall they were not in a hurry to implement that when the iphone launched originally. The only numbers I call are people like my Doctor to make an appointment because they don't do email for whatever reason (which would make a lot of business sense for them). But mostly my phone is a mini tablet for me. Young people here mainly distinguish themselves by maybe using different networks. People who hate Facebook are common. People who understand Facebook actually also runs Instagram and Whatsapp are less common. Last time I checked they are still getting a lot of daily use, also from Denmark.

C1sc0cat 6y ago
You don't get sms notifications/reminders from your doctors / hospitals? about appointments In the UK sms messaging is a key part of a lot of taxi films work flow - who needs UBER
- jillesvangurp 6y ago
  I live in the digital desert that is Germany.
pbronez 6y ago
> I don't think most young people even know stuff like MMS exists. Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? iOS supports SMS/MMS in iMessage. These conversations have green bubbles instead of blue bubbles[0]. This occasionally becomes a status symbol, where showing up as green on someone's iMessage indicates that you don't have an iPhone, and thus are poor / low status. [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006
jdminhbg 6y ago
> Did Apple ever bother to implement that at all on IOS? As I recall they were not in a hurry to implement that when the iphone launched originally. SMS and MMS on iOS both predate iMessage: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Messages https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Messages