TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I don’t really see the issue. Minimalism is a sliding scale.
Just because the design goal was for it to be more minimalist than a typical Android/iOS phone doesn’t mean they have to go full-on “NO. It’s only for phonecalls and maybe SMS!”
Playing music isn’t particularly “maximalist”, and WhatsApp certainly isn’t (people in the US need to understand that WhatsApp is basically SMS for most of the world). Maybe maps is, but it’s optional anyway so who cares
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Even in USA nobody ever SMS me. Messenger is primary with WhatsApp and signal sometimes being relevant and wechat for the Chinese community.
nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Crazy, most people use SMS with Messenger as the go to for big groups for me (in USA). No one I know uses WhatsApp
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Seems weird to me to use an unencrypted ancient format
nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m just giving anecdotal evidence, just like you gave 🤷♂️ I’m not promoting one way of communicating vs another.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Unencrypted is not the thing that bothers me - after all, Telegram is so popular, so not like most people even care. What bothers me is that you still need to pay for each one! You have to edit the texts to fit into a tiny arbitrary character restriction or else you’s be charged for a second message! Why is data do relatively cheap, but those messages are still overpriced?
Ilandar@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
It’s the same for me in Australia. Millenials and older use Messenger or SMS while Gen Z and younger use Instagram or Snapchat.