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New Google chat

Started Aug 31, 2020 | Discussions thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: New Google chat

TacoTruck wrote:

I2K4 wrote:

Worth adding in a photo forum that MMS file size limits and format recognition can vary in sending images or videos between telecom providers and even between Google and Apple devices, and it may be RCS or whatever comes next improves on that.

This is the second biggest reason to move to one of the other messaging apps and stop using SMS. Largest reason would be encryption, IMO. Group chats where you can invite someone new to the group without having to start a new group chat, being able to reply to a specific post in a text stream, calling, video calling, and just nicer features overall make using one the other messaging apps worth moving away from text.

Without a professional or other need, for me it would be just nice if others would play along on an encrypted message service. I share concerns about giving away privacy to these giant companies and implicitly governments in a weak regulatory environment. But it isn't happening. For a while I used the Silence app that offers the convenience of plain vanilla SMS/MMS when the recipient isn't a user of its own Signal-encrypted format - it lacks some features Chomp has. Maybe worth a look for those who want a one-stop messaging app with security.

After some video recognition and file size problems between my daughter's iPhone on one Canadian telco and my Android phone on another, we just send anything substantial by email or sometimes one of the file senders like WeTransfer. I'll get an SMS with a message or url link about it. (I also discovered some messaging apps / services enable "Stagefright" protection by default, and that can block innocent videos - I've disabled it on MMS, but worth a web search for due diligence.)

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