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jeroenhd06/16/20251 replyview on HN

MMS has terrible limitations, in both file size and media resolution.

RCS has replaced MMS as a protocol back in 2008 and it's only now gaining traction. Many carriers have shut down their RCS infrastructure half a decade ago, though, so they're not exactly jumping on the chance to turn it back on.


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magicalhippo06/17/2025

I enabled RCS on my Samsung S21, but had to disable it after a day or two. It just didn't work reliably.

But yea MMS sucks, would be nice with some common cross-platform alternative that worked well.