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I wouldn't count on it. SMS is available on any cellphone. If you don't know what chat apps the other side has, it's still the trustworthy if clunky baseline.
by hyperman1 5y ago
I wouldn't count on it. SMS is available on any cellphone. If you don't know what chat apps the other side has, it's still the trustworthy if clunky baseline.
For more than 10 years, SMS and a chat ap have lived side by side. The favorite chat app changed a few times, but SMS just plods along, never really gaining or losing market share.
- mrkramer 5y ago>SMS just plods along, never really gaining or losing market share SMS lost huge market share to messaging mobile apps so EU telecoms changed their business model from selling SMS messages and/or calls plans to selling GBs data plans. For example you can buy unlimited daily, weekly or monthly data plan or x amount of GBs data plan. Some EU telecoms went so far to sell bundled apps data plans like this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/%2B_Smart_Net_-_advertisement_offering_service_packages.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/%2B_Smar...