Eli5: Why does texting a video get downgraded and have size limits but you can send a 1080p video through social media clear as day?
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SMS has limited capacity, so video quality is downgraded to conserve space and make for easier transmission. SMS is essentially a little bit of “extra space” in the telephone transmission band or something like that. Social media uses internet, so the file is able to be sent that way without the same limitations. iMessage actually will send videos and photos to other iMessage users via internet instead of sms for this reason.
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