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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by prepend on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:42PM (#36373813)
Texting to a number makes it accessible from more devices. It’s surprising how there’s still places that don’t have web but can send sms.
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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by stavros on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:48PM (#36373881)
Texting a number makes it accessible from more devices out of 336 million, uploading a photo makes it accessible from fewer devices out of 7 billion.
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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by prepend on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:45PM (#36374397)
7 billion people don’t have web access.
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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by stavros on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:55PM (#36374492)
They don't need to. You only need 336 million of them.
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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by ericpauley on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:19PM (#36374732)
The flow still requires Internet access to complete the purchase, though. Also, even in the US, all the legacy networks are gone and SMS (especially MMS) is being routed over LTE++ anyway.
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