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by clepto 1627 days ago
I can’t imagine actually using SMS, iMessage or not. It’s just an inferior experience to basically any other chat solution.

The only thing I actually use SMS for are things that make me do MFA with it, and even that is a worse experience than the alternatives(I’m not saying you shouldn’t have MFA, just that SMS is inferior to most other approaches).
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lotsofpulp 1626 days ago
> I can’t imagine actually using SMS, iMessage or not.

iMessage does not use SMS, so this statement does not make any sense.

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vehemenz 1626 days ago
I mean, it's the standard in the US. It doesn't really matter whether you can imagine it or not.
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jeffbee 1627 days ago
A chat "solution" that your correspondent doesn't use is the worst experience of all.
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clepto 1626 days ago
Well I guess I’m not saying it doesn’t ever have a place, it’s nice to have a universal means of communication, but for regular ongoing communication within a given subset of people it is certainly not a great experience.
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