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Untrue, here in France I regularly use MMS. There are 1000 different messaging apps, some are on whatsapp, some are on telegram, some are on "new thing". But M

Untrue, here in France I regularly use MMS. There are 1000 different messaging apps, some are on whatsapp, some are on telegram, some are on "new thing". But MMS works with anybody with a phone, and you don't even need a good internet connection. For a quick picture, a contact card or a small voice message, it's great.

eznzt 6y ago
Does everybody use MMS, or do you regularly use MMS? Because your complaint about messaging apps sounds like the usual Linux user stuff. Most people will just use whatever app is more common (which according to this is Messenger) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7RQwoJ8z83Zi65NDMvmHKVU0WxBJIrh9szeW_v63iawFYoRE7Ay499ylT0cvNrQJXKaYMxiB2PyOZKnR82h0yxAghk5JFmQ0uefdqFruKB4BMoMKE-JdDvD5FYDX6Y73GSz40nCj https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7RQwoJ8z83Zi65NDMvmHKVU0Wx...
- BiteCode_dev 6y ago
  People don't use mms, they send stuff using their sms app, which decide to use an mms or not. In fact, long text messages are often turned into mms under the hood. People just don't know about it. As long as it works transparently, they don't have to.
  - eznzt 6y ago
    Do people actually use SMS? Aren't they bloody expensive?
    - pta2002 6y ago
      It's free in a lot of places.
    - BiteCode_dev 6y ago
      Sms, mms, and phone calls are included in a lot of cheap unlimited contracts accross europe.
rrobukef 6y ago
I'm from Belgium, I've received about 10 MMS in my life. All failed to download. MMS use is apparently extremely country (or person) specific.
- samoa42 6y ago
  > I've received about 10 MMS in my life. All failed to download. same here in germany. nobody ever uses it
aloisdg 6y ago
Well can you back this with data? I am french too and beside my mom nobody use MMS in my circle. We did like 10 years ago.
- BiteCode_dev 6y ago
  Data, no, it's an opinion. But we all have mums (or other people not using a chat app), and a lot of us write text messages to them. If the text message is more than 3 sms, congrats, you use mms. If you use the feature "send contact" or make any attachment to your text message, you use mms. If you send an emoji in you text message, you may also use mms. You don't have to be aware that you are sending an mms to send one. Most sms apps do it transparently. The biggest sender of mms is probably iMessage from iOS, because it makes let tech saavy users ignore the difference between chat and sms (the infamous green bubbles). So users just send stuff, and sometimes, they do so using mms. The less technical the user, the more likely they are to send mms without knowing they are.

eznzt 6y ago

Does everybody use MMS, or do you regularly use MMS? Because your complaint about messaging apps sounds like the usual Linux user stuff. Most people will just use whatever app is more common (which according to this is Messenger) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7RQwoJ8z83Zi65NDMvmHKVU0WxBJIrh9szeW_v63iawFYoRE7Ay499ylT0cvNrQJXKaYMxiB2PyOZKnR82h0yxAghk5JFmQ0uefdqFruKB4BMoMKE-JdDvD5FYDX6Y73GSz40nCj https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7RQwoJ8z83Zi65NDMvmHKVU0Wx...

BiteCode_dev 6y ago
People don't use mms, they send stuff using their sms app, which decide to use an mms or not. In fact, long text messages are often turned into mms under the hood. People just don't know about it. As long as it works transparently, they don't have to.
- eznzt 6y ago
  Do people actually use SMS? Aren't they bloody expensive?
  - pta2002 6y ago
    It's free in a lot of places.
  - BiteCode_dev 6y ago
    Sms, mms, and phone calls are included in a lot of cheap unlimited contracts accross europe.

rrobukef 6y ago

I'm from Belgium, I've received about 10 MMS in my life. All failed to download. MMS use is apparently extremely country (or person) specific.

samoa42 6y ago
> I've received about 10 MMS in my life. All failed to download. same here in germany. nobody ever uses it

aloisdg 6y ago

Well can you back this with data? I am french too and beside my mom nobody use MMS in my circle. We did like 10 years ago.

BiteCode_dev 6y ago
Data, no, it's an opinion. But we all have mums (or other people not using a chat app), and a lot of us write text messages to them. If the text message is more than 3 sms, congrats, you use mms. If you use the feature "send contact" or make any attachment to your text message, you use mms. If you send an emoji in you text message, you may also use mms. You don't have to be aware that you are sending an mms to send one. Most sms apps do it transparently. The biggest sender of mms is probably iMessage from iOS, because it makes let tech saavy users ignore the difference between chat and sms (the infamous green bubbles). So users just send stuff, and sometimes, they do so using mms. The less technical the user, the more likely they are to send mms without knowing they are.