Comment on Why do phones come with SMS delivery reports turned off by default?

• skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I get 300 SMS messages/minutes per month. I could go unlimited, but that costs a few euros per month extra (2 or 3, haven’t changed in a while).

  Since nobody but SMS 2FA services send me SMS messages anyway, I’m not going to pay extra for SMS. I’m already paying €16.50 per month for 20GB of data, I’m not paying more. If people want to reach me, I have five messengers installed on my phone, four of which are end to end encrypted in some way or another, that all use my data plan (that I never use up). I haven’t met anyone who wasn’t either on WhatsApp or Signal already anyway.

  SMS in inferior in every way, I don’t get why anyone still uses it even if it’d be free. I suppose it’s a good solution for people with very little data and unlimited text?

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  • Christos@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn that math checks out!! 16.50 for 20gb of data is wayy more worth it than unlimited text

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