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SokathHisEyesOpen
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Well that fucking sucks. We need a standard, especially since iOS and Android can’t use any nifty features when talking to each other. Idk why people are so resistant to downloading telegram or signal when they gladly gobbled zuck’s balls to get Facebook Messenger, which is like the 3rd worst app ever invented.

@HamSwagwich@showeq.com
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Europe has historically been charged by the text message, the US not so much. So SMS became dominant in the US primarily because of that, but also because it’s the lowest common denominator and everyone supports it, no matter what phone you have.

@PeachMan@lemmy.one
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The rest of the world has adopted other cross-platform standards, like WhatsApp in Europe. It’s only US users that are stubbornly married to SMS texting, so this is a uniquely American problem.

SokathHisEyesOpen
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WhatsApp is also owned by the Zuck. I’ll never install a Meta owned app unless I’m forced to.

@PeachMan@lemmy.one
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My point wasn’t to say WhatsApp is good, my point is that there are a hundred alternatives that are better than SMS.

southsamurai
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It is not uniquely American, it just isn’t a European issue. The U.S.is not the only place that defaults to sms.

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@PeachMan@lemmy.one
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Sure, but my point is that there are plenty of “standards” that already exist. We don’t need a new one, we just need to use them.

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@nodiet@feddit.de
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That’s an interesting threat model. What about apps like signal though? Surely they are preferable to SMS?

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