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mr_toad on Oct 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Starlink Direct to Cell

If you have no data connection it will fall back to SMS.

lxgr on Oct 12, 2023 [–]

What if I know that the recipient doesn’t have a data connection, but I do?

This is all incredibly clunky and one of the weakest points of iOS in my view. How can it be so hard to provide a switch that lets me use SMS proactively?

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