Originally Posted by
JPDM
Nothing wrong with SMS. This is what I use every day and so do everybody that I know. My kids sometimes like to use Facebook messenger.
What is useless about text messages? I don't even need to write them, I dictate my messages. Simple and quick.
I don't know what you mean by useless. It is actually simpler and people that I communicate with do not need to be on the same app as me or on any app.
Agreed: app-based communication can be great, but only if all one's contacts use the app, and in the same way. This is almost true in China with WeChat, with one major exception: I have purposefully chosen not to install Wechat on my desktop/laptop...so the endless attachment sending and editing by WeChat sends me nuts...it's just as easy to send by email...except for the fact that Chinese people tend not to check their emails more than once a day...
This 'mental block' that there is only one possible way to do things is very symptomatic of our current state of affairs.
tb