Brian Vastag

Bumped into a friend and we've been texting each other for the past week with neither of us receiving the other's messages. She's on iPhone and I'm on Android. We both pay our bills...so...is it OUR FUCKING JOB to figure out why we can't talk to each other anymore?

#bigtech #sux

Nov 13, 2024 at 3:22amWeb
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesNov 13, 2024

@brianvastag

iPhones force iMessage service.
They are adopting RCS this year.
There may be a setting on pre 2024 iPhones.

Why? Because literally apple said 'f*ck you'.

When Apple' head muppet was asked why Grandma can't use SMS, he said 'Grandma can buy iPhone'

#AppleDieDieDie

Show threadBill TschumyNov 13, 2024

@brianvastag You probably need to go into the Settings app and find the Messages settings. Make sure “Send as SMS” is enabled as well as “MMS Messaging” and “Group Messaging”.

I don’t recall if these are on by default. If not, I don’t know why not.

Show threadBrian VastagNov 13, 2024
@btschumy It worked last week. Why does stuff suddenly stop working? I'm not interested in troubleshooting. I just want the services I pay for to work. Which I guess is an unrealistic expectation.
Show threadBill TschumyNov 13, 2024

@brianvastag Yeah, it’s frustrating. Everything has gotten too complex and not even the engineers fully understand all the interactions.

With weird problems like this, both of you should reboot your phones.