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		scatters on June 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will ne... In the US, sure. In the rest of the world SMS is solely for human-machine communication - mostly one-time login codes.

jannes on June 4, 2020 | [–]

Can confirm. The only SMS I ever receive is from bots (mostly OTP codes). I can't remember the last time I received an SMS from a human.

erikbye on June 4, 2020 | [–]

Exactly. I'm in EU, can't remember last time I used SMS. iMessage and Telegram, however, daily.

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