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		mission_failed on Dec 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access Because Apple deliberately screws with messages to non Apple users. Every video my family sends to me is low res heavily pixelated trash, to the point that you can't even recognise faces.

Pulcinella on Dec 9, 2023 | [–]

That's cellphone carriers. MMS messages generally have to fit within 300-600KB[0] so they are horribly, horribly compressed.

https://m.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=mms

tryauuum on Dec 9, 2023 | | [–]

sending MMS in 2023 is a crime. what next, WAP?

paulmd on Dec 10, 2023 | [–]

have them send an icloud link

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