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You might be already be aware of this but you might want to take into account the fact that many countries do not use SMS at all, first because it's non-free/ex
by dysoco 5y ago
You might be already be aware of this but you might want to take into account the fact that many countries do not use SMS at all, first because it's non-free/expensive and secondly because people have just grown used to not even realize it's an option.
Here in South America it's ALL Whatssapp, I don't think I've ever sent an SMS in 10 years.
- theelous3 5y agoEurope here - I saw the sms part and just wrote it off as some boomer note taking app. People use sms in the US? Just ...why?
- derrikcurran 5y agoSMS sucks, but it's ubiquitous. The rest of the messaging market is heavily fragmented.
- jraph 5y agoEurope here too. SMS is still my main way of writing short messages to people. I refuse to use Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp and that's what most people use. I could not even use WhatsApp, my phone is not supported. Thankfully Signal is taking off in my friend circles, but SMS is what will work best on my phone and what will wake it up. Signal works well when I'm on my computer. SMS is also what I'm 100% sure will work when contacting someone through their mobile phone number.
- Naac 5y agoThe same thing is unfortunately happening in the US. I would assume that iphone to iphone communication over imessage also does not go through traditional sms.
- LasEspuelas 5y agoI would love to introduce you to every one of the group sms monstrosities that arise every time my children join a new activity. Why do people insist on doing this?
- anonymouse008 5y agoExplain more — there are a ton of services that manage this problem. Or are you speaking to those services, aka “the team has practice at 3pm tomorrow” texts?
- LasEspuelas 5y agoI'm talking about a bunch of parents and a teacher having long group sms conversations. I feel it super clunky.
- joe8756438 5y agoNoted. FWIW SMS is not a requirement to use /tap. And I would love to build more messaging integrations. email me with suggestions!
- dysoco 5y agoWith WhatsApp you already cover probably 90% of Latin America and Europe; Telegram would be really nice to have since it's gaining traction and it's popular among tech-savvy users. Russia and Asia probably use other apps like WeChat, honestly no idea.
- junon 5y agoWhatsapp has a business API pretty much exactly for stuff like this.
- rytrix 5y ago> Noted. FWIW SMS is not a requirement to use /tap. And I would love to build more messaging integrations. email me with suggestions! LINE messenger in Southeast Asia KakaoTalk in South Korea
- mbanerjeepalmer 5y agoTelegram not would also do the job.