ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 7 months agoNew Google Messages homescreen adds camera shortcut [U]9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
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minus-squareahornsiruplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoBecause mobile providers charge by the message for MMS. It’s not like there’s no benefit to being able to just message people who don’t have InsertAppName, it’s just that actually using your phone’s normal texting app is ridiculously expensive.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI think this plus RCS, would avoid the network charges, and Google’s trying to create some iMessage competitor. But yeah in this day and age nobody uses the SMS system…
Because mobile providers charge by the message for MMS. It’s not like there’s no benefit to being able to just message people who don’t have InsertAppName, it’s just that actually using your phone’s normal texting app is ridiculously expensive.
I think this plus RCS, would avoid the network charges, and Google’s trying to create some iMessage competitor.
But yeah in this day and age nobody uses the SMS system…