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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by mission_failed on Saturday December 09, 2023 @01:36AM (#38579259)
Because Apple deliberately screws with messages to non Apple users. Every video my family sends to me is low res heavily pixelated trash, to the point that you can't even recognise faces.
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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by Pulcinella on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:49PM (#38585252)
That's cellphone carriers. MMS messages generally have to fit within 300-600KB[0] so they are horribly, horribly compressed.

https://m.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=mms

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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by tryauuum on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:10PM (#38587138)
sending MMS in 2023 is a crime. what next, WAP?
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Re:Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access by paulmd on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:16PM (#38588706)
have them send an icloud link
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