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Mms R.i.p?
Prilicla
11-10-2016
Is this still going and do you still use it?
de525ma
11-10-2016
Originally Posted by Prilicla:
“Is this still going and do you still use it?”

Dying a death. Ridiculously expensive for the tiny amount of data transferred. Still, a truly platform independent way of sending photos that also works with old fashioned feature phones.
Cloudane
11-10-2016
I've used it a couple of times when I've been on Android (my Dad sticks to iPhones) and wanted to send a quick picture of something, and then regretted it when the 35p per message bill comes through. Shocking. It's more or less there just to catch people out nowadays.

I eventually got him into the habit of using Hangouts. Annoyingly, Google now seem to want to kill that...
plymouthbloke1974
11-10-2016
I use it a fair bit... but only because I get 1000 free MMS a month on my plan.... otherwise I wouldn't bother...
Heanor_Man31
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by Cloudane:
“I've used it a couple of times when I've been on Android (my Dad sticks to iPhones) and wanted to send a quick picture of something, and then regretted it when the 35p per message bill comes through. Shocking. It's more or less there just to catch people out nowadays.

I eventually got him into the habit of using Hangouts. Annoyingly, Google now seem to want to kill that...”

Any reason why you've both decided against the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram etc?

It is bloomin' expensive. Weren't Three UK dead cheap for ages then whacked it up?
planetf1
12-10-2016
As a tech at the time it had some potential, but most people never got into it due to the premium pricing (ditto with 3G video calling). The telcos gave the game away to other providers.....
Cloudane
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by Heanor_Man31:
“Any reason why you've both decided against the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram etc?

It is bloomin' expensive. Weren't Three UK dead cheap for ages then whacked it up?”

Didn't strongly decide against one, you just have to pick an option and Hangouts already being installed on Android at the time (and also pushed as a default SMS client at the time) = obvious answer.

But also, he (and others) wouldn't particularly know WhatsApp and I'd have to go through "yes it's trustworthy, no it's probably not going to randomly get shut down or start charging" etc whilst everyone understands Google and aside from a few nerds who make a big noise about data collection most people are fine with using their products.
Of course, we're now more aware that actually Google stuff can and does randomly get shut down, continuing to use Hangouts has a bit of a question mark over it.
d123
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by de525ma:
“Dying a death. Ridiculously expensive for the tiny amount of data transferred. Still, a truly platform independent way of sending photos that also works with old fashioned feature phones.”

I prefer a different platform independent method of sending photos, it's called email....

Daveoc64
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by d123:
“I prefer a different platform independent method of sending photos, it's called email....

”

You missed the "feature phone" part!
JurassicMark
12-10-2016
Recently sent a couple to my mum, my parents are not on the internet so could see no other alternative.
david16
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by Cloudane:
“Didn't strongly decide against one, you just have to pick an option and Hangouts already being installed on Android at the time (and also pushed as a default SMS client at the time) = obvious answer.

But also, he (and others) wouldn't particularly know WhatsApp and I'd have to go through "yes it's trustworthy, no it's probably not going to randomly get shut down or start charging" etc whilst everyone understands Google and aside from a few nerds who make a big noise about data collection most people are fine with using their products.
Of course, we're now more aware that actually Google stuff can and does randomly get shut down, continuing to use Hangouts has a bit of a question mark over it.”

I've disabled Hangouts, ChatOn, Flipboard, Google, Google+, Google Search, Facebook and Twitter plus a number of unnecessary apps and widgets (News Daemon and Weather Daemon anyone?) that have been preinstalled on my devices. These apps and widgets just take up far too much space on devices and they all get larger and larger all the time with every update leaving you with far too little space to install other apps on your devices eventually.

They aren't even all necessary apps you need running all the time on smartphones and tablets. And they use up far too many system resources.

Using a combo of VPN, Https, incognito browsing with the ability to disable ads is a big way to make yourself safe while using the internet. The information you send while pressing the Sumbit/Reply button while surfing with VPN on set to USA and incoginito browsing with ads disabled cannot be read by your ISP, your MNO or MVNO, or the government.

There's no need for these in your face pop up ads that appear on websites you enter, and you can't even see the X button to close it.
jchamier
12-10-2016
Originally Posted by Daveoc64:
“You missed the "feature phone" part!”

Many feature phones do email. My old Nokia 6230 from 2005 had no problem with POP/SMTP email. Not sure its screen could show much of a photo either!
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6230i-1087.php
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