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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by ugjka on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:33AM (#29893693)
Then SMS is too, right?
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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by mrkramer on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @01:41PM (#29895739)
SMS is communication protocol; you can only send text messages or reply to text messages, nothing beyond that. No profiles, status updates, friends etc.
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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by eitland on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @10:11PM (#29901814)
SMS cannot do group chats in any meaningful way.

So no, at least SMS is not a social network.

I don't like WhatsApp anymore but it was in its time my favourite social network. I had all my important groups there, used it exclusively to communicate with close friends and family.

It was the place were most images were shared and discussions were held and so on.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by 2muchcoffeeman on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:03PM (#29898734)
No. Hard to do group threads. Not encrypted end to end (but WhatsApp is owned by FB so moot point).

Even iMessage seems very much like a 1-1 messaging system.

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