• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    11 months ago

    Well nothing else is standardized in the same way SMS is. I don’t want to be forced into one application. SMS and MMS are older but they work across all devices.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      11 months ago

      There are plenty of standardized communication protocols. There are far less in the smartphone world, which is why we have this problem. Imagine if you couldn’t do voice calls between AT&T and Comcast, North America and Europe, or Apple and Android. Now why on earth would anyone think that text messaging should be that way, or shouldn’t have been standardized decades ago?

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 months ago

        Maybe I’m missing your point. You can make calls anywhere because its a standard. It doesn’t matter if you have a flip phone, android, apple or something totally different. It just works. Additionally everyone uses it already so you don’t need to try to convert people to a new standard.