I realize now that this is common knowledge to people who have seen the difference in other countries firsthand, but I doubt that most Americans realize how much they are getting reamed by the carriers. Thanks for all of the informative replies!Īfter taking all of this in, I can't help but feel like the way our cellular infrastructure took form in the US has put us at a disadvantage as consumers. UPDATE: Well, I've certainly learned a lot about the differences in cellular plans between the United States and most of the rest of the world. It works between everyone, and it can be integrated with other chat apps as iMessage and Facebook Messenger have both shown. It will be just one more polished chat client that will go largely unused because SMS is the great equalizer. The lack of SMS integration with the alternative messaging apps is exactly why so many of us will be disappointed if Babel/Hangouts doesn't have it either. This is what every messenger should be doing! Why aren't they? They integrated SMS into their messenger, which has picked up a lot of steam since the introduction of Chat Heads. They already have a messaging app that does proper SMS, MMS, and has tons of emojicons.įacebook Messenger is the first app that I've seen take advantage of this oversight. And why should it? SMS and MMS work pretty much the same, especially for iPhone users. What am I supposed to do? Convince every other person I text with to download Whatsapp or Viber? That's never gonna happen. Without SMS, there's literally no reason for me to use something like this. I would love to use something like Whatsapp because it is far more polished and feature-packed than the stock messaging options we get with Android, but what kills apps like that for me is the lack of SMS integration. I keep reading these stories citing the huge userbases for messaging apps like Viber and Whatsapp, and I honestly don't understand how that can be.
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