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It still requires people to read a text message. It may as well be delivered via carrier pigeon outside the US.
by Mindwipe 2y ago
It still requires people to read a text message.
It may as well be delivered via carrier pigeon outside the US.
- barbazoo 2y agoGenuine question, is SMS text delivery unreliable where in certain countries?
- ASalazarMX 2y agoIt's unneeded because phones have affordable/free access to the Internet these days, SMS is a relic of the 20th century.
- cyberax 2y agoAnd the alternative on iOS is...? What exactly? RCS is a flaming trash dump of failure.
- ZekeSulastin 2y agoOther messaging platforms; the one most commonly cited seems to be WhatsApp.
- cyberax 2y agoOn iOS? Don't make me laugh. Apple will die before they implement custom configurable messaging providers in iOS.
- ghaff 2y agoApple may not be exactly jumping in joy about it but, even if it's mostly only useful for people in the US, they probably don't see that as a showstopper either.
- patrickkidger 2y agoI have a US number and live in Switzerland. At least for me, I only receive SMS messages whenever I visit the US -- the rest of the time they're just dropped and I'll never see them. (Doesn't really bother me, my friends and I all use WhatsApp/etc. anyway.) n=1 though, maybe this is some quirk of my phone provider.
- astrange 2y agoSomehow they're unreliable just in the US. I had someone think I was mad at them because when I texted them to hang out it never made it. Had to remember to switch messaging apps. I think they were on a cheap prepaid plan though.
- jandrewrogers 2y agoSMS text delivery has always been sporadically unreliable for me. The cases where the messages are delayed by several minutes or hours are almost as problematic as the cases where they never arrive at all. It doesn't seem to be specific to any country, though some are worse than others. Definitely seems to be a "best effort" service everywhere.
- pkamb 2y agoiMessage/SMS is just one of the many sending options in the share sheet. WhatsApp or whatever your country uses will be there too.