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by nottorp 457 days ago
> For non-ROM developers, it depends on what RCS activation technique your carrier uses.

There's your problem right there. You may not remember being charged per message, but trust me, it was a thing.

The carriers would love to go back to 2 cents per sms, 5 per rcs "rich message" and 10 per encrypted "rich message".
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WhyNotHugo 456 days ago
Being charged per message, per minute is pretty common all over the world.

And a lot of carriers still don’t support international romain or will charge a shit ton.

Usually, the cheapest approach is to just buy a cheap sim when you visit another country, but that doesn’t play well if you rely on SMS.

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madeofpalk 457 days ago
I don't believe this FUD. I think overal the market has moved from from charging for messages. I fully believe carriers would love to rip off everyone as much as they can, but I think carriers know customers would just use facebook messenger if they tried charging per-message.
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WhyNotHugo 456 days ago
Carriers charging too much is exactly why WhatsApp became so popular in so many countries. It was optimised for very little data usage, so was dramatically cheaper than SMS.
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nottorp 456 days ago
Don't forget you could also send photos with it, which is more than what can be said about MMS.

Funny enough, I think I was charged once for a MMS in the past 5 years. No idea how I managed to do it, but it seems to still exist and still be charged per message even on my unlimited everything else plan.

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madeofpalk 456 days ago
Exactly. That happened like 10-15 years ago. I think the market has evolved and consumers now would not accept this from carriers now.
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