There’s a service that gives you a dedicated Ukrainian number to receive texts at an email address for $15/year.
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xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
For Americans, yes… but everywhere else in the world phone numbers are cheap as dirt. When I was overseas in Spain my local number cost me 3 euros/month
Cinner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
They are cheap as dirt in the US too.
guyrocket@kbin.social 8 months ago
Really. Can you get a burner phone for anything close to $3/mo?
PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 months ago
There was a service that only charged if the phone was used that day. A family member of mine would turn on their phone once a month, check messages, make a few calls, and then turn the phone off until the next month. I think they were paying about $2 a month.
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
That exact price with a new phone? No.
Like $10 a month or less by reusing phone hardware with new Sim cards to use occasionally for sms verifications? Yes.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 8 months ago
You don’t get the visceral experience of snapping the phone in half that way.