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user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

SMS and classic calls are dying. Things moved to Discord, Instagram, Snapchat, or whatever else for the most part
Burner SIM, or better yet, burner eSIM. Maybe VoIP would suffice.

And the original SIM could still be used in some cheap older phone.

Although it seems everything in the US is a plan, meaning monthly payments. But perhaps I haven’t looked far enough.

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
where is this? here in sweden i don’t know anyone who doesn’t use sms and normal calls

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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You can get phones here for like £5, what kind of plan would that even be?

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- user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Well, probably my mistake calling it a plan, but it seems all of them are subscriptions at least. Even “pay as you go” cards I found have monthly payments.
  It seems the cheapest was T-Mobile PayGo, but that got sold to Ultra Mobile. I don’t know what they offer though because there’s an infinite captcha on their website for me. But from Google preview it seems they still offer the $3/month PayGo.
  
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  - Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not seen any with required monthly payments here in the UK. But there are optional ones.
    
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