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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by seanalltogether on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:50AM (#37050884)
At least in the UK, group messaging over sms was always broken, and sending pictures still costs me extra money. The phone carriers brought it on themselves.
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by OO000oo on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:18PM (#37051387)
It's not the phone carriers' problem FYI.
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by pasc1878 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:14PM (#37057606)
It is in that if they supported MMS then we would not need to use WhatsApp
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by LeoPanthera on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:20PM (#37058000)
All phone carriers support MMS.
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by pasc1878 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:37AM (#37073926)
In the UK at least you need to pay for it - SMS and WhatsApp are free
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by pessimizer on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:10PM (#37053172)
The phone companies aren't bothered. You're the one locked into facebook.
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