This function even harms iOS only groupchats. I walk to an area of low reception and try and message the group chat, it defaults as an sms due to the poor signal and breaks the group in the same way.
Not sure what advantages an imessage vs sms groupchat even give me in this era of unlimited texting. Pretty hearts?
> Not sure what advantages an imessage vs sms groupchat even give me in this era of unlimited texting. Pretty hearts?
Some cellular carriers still charge per MMS message, so group chats (which use MMS) can get expensive. MMS group messages also have some undesirable properties -- in particular, adding or removing users from a group is unreliable, because each device is responsible for generating a list of recipients itself.
Plus, iMessage uses end-to-end encryption. MMS does not.
* more than 10 participants
* can set a topic for the group
* can add and remove participants
* end to end encryption
* typing indicators (i think? Can’t remember if these work in groups)
Falling back to SMS is an option in Settings. I personally have it disabled - when disabled, it spends longer trying to resend the iMessage rather than sending an SMS rather quickly.
Well iMessage works over wifi so if you don't have cell service it is handy. I just got home from visiting family and their local airport has no cell service.
Not sure what advantages an imessage vs sms groupchat even give me in this era of unlimited texting. Pretty hearts?