Comment on Google and major mobile carriers want Europe to regulate Apple's iMessage platform

• Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My understanding is that while the US and some others quickly moved to unlimited texting plans, many European countries continued to charge per text so apps like WhatsApp become the defacto replacement

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  • pajn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In Sweden I can’t remember the last time I saw a plan that didn’t include unlimited sms and calls. Only thing marketed is data. However if you really search for them I guess it’s still possible to buy something else somewhere.

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    • Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes this was many years ago. Nobody pays per-text anymore but the past restrictions influenced people’s preferred messaging services in a way that stuck

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• straypet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why?

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• uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You probably use SMS mostly for getting codes

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• Kyiro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you’re all on Android, it’s very likely you’re using RCS not SMS

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