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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More about RCS.
Date: 4 Jan 2025 18:41:40 GMT
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-01-03 16:38, Frank Slootweg wrote:
[...]
> >    Jörg said "other messengers", not other SMS/MMS apps. You're probably
> > confused because - being an American - you equate "messenger",
> > "messages", etc. with 'texting', i.e. SMS.
> > 
> >    But with "messengers", Jörg refers to IM (Instant Messsging) platforms
> > such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, etc., etc..
> > 
> >    These platforms have had received and read indicator for many, many
> > years.
> > 
> >    That's why we non-Americans don't get it why you Americans are still
> > stuck in the - relative - stone age and do not even know/realize what
> > you're missing.
> 
> But we non-Americans should be aware of the fact that texting (meaning 
> SMS) is very popular at the other side of the pond, whereas platforms 
> like whatsapp, signal, telegram... are not.

  Yes, I'm sure all non-Americans in this group are well aware of that.

> Thus for them RCS is a big improvement.

  So which age comes after the stone age!? :-)

> And Jörg knows all this, but chose to feign ignorance.

  Well, IMO, in Jörg terms, this one wasn't so bad.