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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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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Generally speaking, the MMS protocol, as implemented by carriers, will impose a file size limit of just a few megabytes at most.

Social media platforms generally will allow far larger files.

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