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I realised this the other day, a friend send me a video via mms (I'm on android) and the quality was super poor (like 90s gif like quality). I though she must h

I realised this the other day, a friend send me a video via mms (I'm on android) and the quality was super poor (like 90s gif like quality). I though she must have some issue with her camera or so, no next time I saw her we looked at her phone (which is an iPhone), perfectly fine video. It's just apple degrading the performance for who is not on an iPhone. I mean just imagine they'd degrade sound to nearly noise if you'd call a non-iPhone.

meepmorp 3y ago
> It's just apple degrading the performance for who is not on an iPhone. The reason the video looks like ass is because MMS messages aren't meant to be very large. While (iirc) there isn't a hard limit, the recommended maximum message size is ~600KB. The only way to fit a video into that range is to compress the hell out of it.
- hu3 3y ago
  That's the technical reason. Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation. In fact they ban those who try. FTA.
  - haswell 3y ago
    Apple announced RCS support in 2024, so they’re doing more than nothing. Don’t think we know yet how fully they’ll support it though.
  - meepmorp 3y ago
    > Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation. Why would they? It's not their problem, nor does it seem to be a big deal for their customers because they're not clamoring for a fix. > In fact they ban those who try. FTA. They don't, thiugh. The App Store has tons of photo and video sharing services, email, and other messaging services; I'm sure any number of them would let your iPhone-using friends and family easily send you a non-mangled videos. This is a solved, dozens of times over. iMessage, on the other hand, is a service Apple provides for Apple customers. They get to set the terms under which it's used, and Beeper did not abide by those terms.

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I realised this the other day, a friend send me a video via mms (I'm on android) and the quality was super poor (like 90s gif like quality). I though she must h

by cycomanic 3y ago

meepmorp 3y ago
> It's just apple degrading the performance for who is not on an iPhone. The reason the video looks like ass is because MMS messages aren't meant to be very large. While (iirc) there isn't a hard limit, the recommended maximum message size is ~600KB. The only way to fit a video into that range is to compress the hell out of it.
- hu3 3y ago
  That's the technical reason. Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation. In fact they ban those who try. FTA.
  - haswell 3y ago
    Apple announced RCS support in 2024, so they’re doing more than nothing. Don’t think we know yet how fully they’ll support it though.
  - meepmorp 3y ago
    > Apple knows of such limitations and does nothing to improve the situation. Why would they? It's not their problem, nor does it seem to be a big deal for their customers because they're not clamoring for a fix. > In fact they ban those who try. FTA. They don't, thiugh. The App Store has tons of photo and video sharing services, email, and other messaging services; I'm sure any number of them would let your iPhone-using friends and family easily send you a non-mangled videos. This is a solved, dozens of times over. iMessage, on the other hand, is a service Apple provides for Apple customers. They get to set the terms under which it's used, and Beeper did not abide by those terms.