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[–] Goodie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Ehhhh

Signal lost a lot of my love when they removed SMS support

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

sms is useless tho?
it's basically a confirmation code delivery system, with some ads and spam

[–] KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's not useless in western countries. We don't all have our entire country communicating via Metas WhatsApp lol

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

i live in Ukraine and I don't know anyone who uses sms.
also Whatsapp is not prevalent here either, basically everyone is using Telegram (or in case of older population, viber, which is installed on like 90% of devices)

are there any countries in which sms is still used?

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[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is dumb that they'd remove a feature, but I tried it and switched back to a dedicated texting app. The feature wasn't full featured enough for me to want to use it.

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] qwerty_bastard@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Support for SMS

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[–] polle@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol, that was the worst feature ever. If you forgot disabling it at install, it was nearly impossible to see it's going to be a sms or signal message. (Especially for people who aren't tech savvy)

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[–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (14 children)

What is a better alternative than signal?

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