If you send a text reply by computer, a PlayStation unit, or from whatever source, be it an email reply message or a response to a website or game prompt, your response goes by email, true?
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Original Title: Isn't it Email?
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Email is a single way to communicate.
SMS/MMS is another using totally different communication protocols provided by cell phone companies, that depends on the cellular networks.
Apple’s Messages, is again a totally different communications protocol between Apple devices, that depends on the based Internet.
Meta’s WhatsApp, is similar to Apple’s Messages, but uses its own communication protocols. As does Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, etc…
Twitter, X, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, etc… also different protocols.
Real-Time apps such as FaceTime, Skype, Zoom, etc… are a different protocol.
Websites, such as discussions.apple.com, Discord, Facebook, youtube, tiktok, Slack, etc… are similar, in that they use standard HTML features, so most browsers can work with them, but the HTML from each service is unique.
if you're using an apple device, no, it is using iMessage
Text replies from non-phone sources are sent via email
