> Not sure what advantages an imessage vs sms groupchat even give me in this era of unlimited texting. Pretty hearts?
Some cellular carriers still charge per MMS message, so group chats (which use MMS) can get expensive. MMS group messages also have some undesirable properties -- in particular, adding or removing users from a group is unreliable, because each device is responsible for generating a list of recipients itself.
Plus, iMessage uses end-to-end encryption. MMS does not.
Off the top of my head:
* more than 10 participants * can set a topic for the group * can add and remove participants * end to end encryption * typing indicators (i think? Can’t remember if these work in groups)
Re:Apple News No Longer Supports RSS
by neilalexander on Friday December 27, 2019 @03:45PM
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Falling back to SMS is an option in Settings. I personally have it disabled - when disabled, it spends longer trying to resend the iMessage rather than sending an SMS rather quickly.
Not sure what advantages an imessage vs sms groupchat even give me in this era of unlimited texting. Pretty hearts?