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did you use mms in 2019-2020? where are you?

by seniorivn 6y ago

stinkytaco 6y ago
If you're in the US, you are using MMS in 2020.
- jraph 6y ago
  In France too, you might. These discussions about how strange it is to still use MMS in 2020 are starting to get old quick. Among all people, those interested in the Pinephone are probably more likely to not use WhatsApp and its friends. And there are very cheap mobile plans without much data, but on which MMS are free. Yesterday, I wrote a script to retrieve MMS "easily" on the Pinephone (in the spirit of janky-mms [1] which does not work well on my phone and of which I'm unable to read the code properly), I need to take the time to release it at some point. [1] https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/janky-mms https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/janky-mms
- throwaway201103 6y ago
  Yes. Assuming this also inlcudes SMS, it's the only thing I use.
Dahoon 6y ago
In reality it is likely more realistic to ask where are you as most places still use MMS.
- cocoa19 6y ago
  Probably in a developing country. Most of latin america uses WhatsApp, a result of carriers charging a lot of money (compared to median salary) for SMS/MMS, while WhatsApp has always been free. When I came to the US (mid 2010's), I was surprised a large number of people never even heard of WhatsApp.
  - stinkytaco 6y ago
    In the US they use Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts and iMessage for sure (though not WhatsApp as you point out), but the only thing everyone is sure to have access to is SMS.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  In Belgium they are quite expenseive (ç24 to send one MMS) but are more often than not bundled for free in the mobile plan. But it never took off, I don't know of anyone using it. I must have received two in my whole life. edit: I just checked. I can send MMS. This could have been useful. I sill send and receive SMS and I'd feel like I wouldn't try to send an MMS out of fear of the other side not getting it. edit 2: ah, looks like it doesn't deliver. shrug

did you use mms in 2019-2020? where are you?

stinkytaco 6y ago

If you're in the US, you are using MMS in 2020.

jraph 6y ago
In France too, you might. These discussions about how strange it is to still use MMS in 2020 are starting to get old quick. Among all people, those interested in the Pinephone are probably more likely to not use WhatsApp and its friends. And there are very cheap mobile plans without much data, but on which MMS are free. Yesterday, I wrote a script to retrieve MMS "easily" on the Pinephone (in the spirit of janky-mms [1] which does not work well on my phone and of which I'm unable to read the code properly), I need to take the time to release it at some point. [1] https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/janky-mms https://git.sr.ht/~amindfv/janky-mms
throwaway201103 6y ago
Yes. Assuming this also inlcudes SMS, it's the only thing I use.

Dahoon 6y ago

In reality it is likely more realistic to ask where are you as most places still use MMS.

cocoa19 6y ago
Probably in a developing country. Most of latin america uses WhatsApp, a result of carriers charging a lot of money (compared to median salary) for SMS/MMS, while WhatsApp has always been free. When I came to the US (mid 2010's), I was surprised a large number of people never even heard of WhatsApp.
- stinkytaco 6y ago
  In the US they use Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts and iMessage for sure (though not WhatsApp as you point out), but the only thing everyone is sure to have access to is SMS.
johnchristopher 6y ago
In Belgium they are quite expenseive (ç24 to send one MMS) but are more often than not bundled for free in the mobile plan. But it never took off, I don't know of anyone using it. I must have received two in my whole life. edit: I just checked. I can send MMS. This could have been useful. I sill send and receive SMS and I'd feel like I wouldn't try to send an MMS out of fear of the other side not getting it. edit 2: ah, looks like it doesn't deliver. shrug