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So... MMS, then?

• djtango 1y ago
  Why did MMS feel so janky back in the day? Was it a client thing or a protocol thing? Whatsapp felt so responsive back in the day. I'd be pinging my family in real time halfway across the globe on mobile in 2009. For Free. That was a killer app... Why did MMS fail where Whatsapp succeeded?
• jeroenhd 1y ago
  MMS has terrible limitations, in both file size and media resolution. RCS has replaced MMS as a protocol back in 2008 and it's only now gaining traction. Many carriers have shut down their RCS infrastructure half a decade ago, though, so they're not exactly jumping on the chance to turn it back on.
  • magicalhippo 1y ago
    I enabled RCS on my Samsung S21, but had to disable it after a day or two. It just didn't work reliably. But yea MMS sucks, would be nice with some common cross-platform alternative that worked well.