Comment on Do phone number requirements for account sign-ups effectively deter/mitigate spam?

• PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

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• snooggums@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

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  • key@lemmy.keychat.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t get the visceral experience of snapping the phone in half that way.

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