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Re:Americans Can’t Quit SMS by buttonpusher on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:51PM (#30184562)
If there was a modern drop-in replacement for SMS that addressed the known security concerns while also being open and cross platform, I'd be all over it.

There is! RCS (wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services)

Android supports it, but unfortunately it seems Apple would prefer everyone stick to imessage. Marques Brownlee talks about this in his "Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles" video.

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Re:Americans Can’t Quit SMS by tata71 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:33PM (#30188241)
Apple is now cancer dressed up as sustainability, security, privacy, and good design.

Well, the emperor has no fucking clothes on, Tim — we can all see!

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Re:Americans Can’t Quit SMS by Tagbert on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:33PM (#30188235)
Hasn’t it only recently started to be supported by phone carriers? How widespread is that support?
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