Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: on Nostr: Random observation, but it is fascinating to me that Japan doesn't "text message". ...
Random observation, but it is fascinating to me that Japan doesn't "text message". It's never really taken off. Instead, their phones have been designed around email. Each phone has its own unique email assigned by the carrier. SMS is basically extinct.
Contrast that to the US where SMS/MMS is prevalent and Google is trying to force RCS. Interoperability between Android and iOS is still obnoxious.
Meanwhile, everyone in Europe is on WhatsApp.
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