[dools]

So what you’re saying is that if you’re communicating with someone over txt because you have an iPhone and they have an android and you want to send them a link then you’d rather ask them whether or not they have the same OTT messenger as you, then tell them you will send a link to them using that, then send the link, rather than simply sending the link to them in the existing thread?

[suifbwish]

No what I’m saying has nothing to do with Android vs iPhone vs blackberry or any other phone. I can get a link on Skype or signal or anything. I don’t need clickable links in my SMS messages on any phone. Thanks

[eru]

Isn't iMessage just another OTT? (So I'm not sure what significance Apple vs non-Apple has here?)

Honestly, SMS today just exists as a legacy, because of status quo. Just like 'normal' phone calls.

Of course, both are still quite important in the real world.

[dools]

SMS is the only inter operable messaging standard. If you send a message from iMessage to someone with Android it goes via SMS.

[eru]

Well, it's inter-operable between mobile phones. But not between arbitrary devices in general. E-Mail is probably the closest to that ideal?

> If you send a message from iMessage to someone with Android it goes via SMS.

Interesting. I think there are some Android messaging apps that also fall back to SMS, but it's not a behaviour I would find particularly useful.

[devenvdev]

Well, emails are ubiquitous, send me your email via SMS, click, paste, send.

[dools]

Oh yeah that’s heaps easier than sending a link in a txt!