It's time to stop using SMS, here's why!
Text messaging has been a staple of communication for decades, but it's time to move on. In this video, we'll explore why SMS is an outdated and insecure technology and discuss better alternatives.
Sure, let's just assume the status quo of WhatsApp. I'm sure that'll be much better.
There's no viable alternative in the US.
There is, just too many people refuse to use something more modern than 1987.
I'm going to save this video for family and friends who refuse to switch. It probably won't change their minds today...
Don't be surprised if "I've been sending texts for decades and nothing bad has happened" turns out to be a stronger case than "the YouTube video onomatopoeia send me".
What do you use when you want to send a message but you don't have an internet connection? Data plans are expensive where I live. Do you just wait for them to reach a Wi-Fi connection?
I'd love too, but too many people won't use anything but SMS.
In Europe it's just the other way round. Everyone but me uses WhatsApp and are too stupid to use SMS. Lemmings, all of them. /rant.
I'd be happy if people would just use signal, but no, it's goddam SMS, Snapchat, Instagram DMS, nothing with any kind of privacy or security. Just fucking awful.
I spun up a private matrix server for my immediate family, and I have gotten a few friends on it, but the vast majority just don't care and it's pretty frustrating
Why?