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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by Terretta on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:05PM (#26305001)
You can message 100% of all smartphone users, it magically delivers as SMS. Also supports group chats with regular SMS users. Also supports MMS with them.

Given this pretty graceful degradation, what do you mean by not being able to message 85% of smartphone users?

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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by axaxs on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:44PM (#26308865)
Eh, that's terrible UX for everyone involved.

I'm more or less OK with the idea of Apple not developing for other platforms. However, they are actively hostile to anyone who has offered and tried to get interop working on other platforms, which is really a shame.

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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:49PM (#26308922)
You really can call SMS a 'graceful degradation' while keeping a straight face? I call it intentionally crippling communication capabilities. Also, just say no to walled gardens.
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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by kumarharsh on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:24PM (#26305317)
I don't know about other countries, but in India at least, SMS's are generally paid and won't send if you don't have balance.

While WhatsApp/Telegram messages are actually free if you have got data.

And nowadays I get absolutely zero SMS's from people. All senders are now just bots and notification services.

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Re:The Last Message Sent on AIM by int_19h on Monday March 01, 2021 @06:49PM (#26310123)
How about non-smartphone, non-Mac users? Every other messaging app I can think of has a desktop client (even if it's a crappy one that requires linking to your phone, like WhatsApp).
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