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Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation by ghaff on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @03:58PM (#39362728)
Yeah, as an American who actually knows a fair number of people overseas, there are probably a literal handful of people who I communicate with on a regular basis there and I use a variety of channels but SMS/iMessage works fine one a day-to-day basis for most folks.
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Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation by hpeter on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:19AM (#39368612)
As an European who lived in multiple countries, I haven't used SMS in 10 years for anything other than 2FA.
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Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation by bombcar on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @08:55AM (#39369759)
It’s like Internet Explorer was for downloading Chrome; SMS is for authentication to get your WhatsApp running.
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Re:Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation by ghaff on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:01PM (#39376805)
The US probably moved to SMS being basically free (domestically) before Europe did. As a result it seems that the US standardized on SMS (and basically transparently iMessage) because that's what was just there. I never get a Whatsapp message from someone in the US and rarely anything other than SMS/iMessage. I suspect the vast majority of people I know don't have Whatsapp installed. I use it with people I know internationally.
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