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It's time to stop using SMS, here's why! (www.privacyguides.org)
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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'd say the best reason is that it costs money. At least that's why I don't use them.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much none of them cost money. SMS, however, does. So...pretty much the opposite of what you said.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thats probably country dependant, SMS has been functionally free for a long time in Australia.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not Australian but I'm fairly confident cell carriers aren't charitable organizations there...?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You pay for the phone plan, but all of them have unlimited SMS. So functionally, it's free.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's not free, it's part of the phone plan...

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A phone plan is required to use SMS. An internet connection is required to use WhatsApp/Signal/whatever. If the price of the phone plane has to be counted as the price of using SMS, then surely the price of the internet connection should be counted as the price of using Signal/WhatsApp?

Or, we could be realistic, and acknowledge that the majority of people already have phone plans and internet connections, and therefore SMS, WhatsApp, signal, etc are all functionally free.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. The internet connection is not part of the app. You can run the apps without paying for internet. You can run them entirely on WiFi if you really wanted to.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And how much does WiFi cost?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 1 day ago

Depends on what WiFi you're using. It can be free.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Once you pay for it, it's free.

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