You’re damn right I’m using up all 140 characters in this text.
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MakingWork@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It wasn’t necessarily unlimited texting either. Some plans had a fixed amount of texts per month.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 10 months ago
knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
$0.10 per sms message. Even those you received and had no control over.
guy@piefed.social 10 months ago
What
tomselleck@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
People texting you could cost you money. Seriously.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This is something we are too European to understand
In 2003 Americans almost didn’t text because everything in the US is absurdly monetised while Europe was like “Well, you’re paying for the subscription. Knock yourself out texting.”
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I used to live in the US back then, and it was cheaper to leave voice messages than text. So, I did. One time I called my sister in Europe, and since she didn’t answer, I left a voice message. She called me back later, pissed off, because she had to call her provider to set up her voice mailbox, because “normal people just text when there’s no answer.” These days, she sends me long voice messages on Whatsapp, which I ignore for weeks at a time. Oh, how the tables have turned…
Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 months ago
Sometimes it was free for a few hours after 9pmish.
pentastarm@piefed.ca 10 months ago
Calls too, if I'm remembering correctly.