Comment on Why are SMS messages so expensive?

• skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could ignore them and not recieve. But then you’ve got a billion pending messages that you don’t know the content of.

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  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The messages weren’t pushed to you? You got a notification and then had to request the actual message? That would be even more stupid, as it’s using twice the bandwidth.

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    • skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s how it worked on my old phone, you got a message notification but it cost you to actually read it. No clue if they sent the message content before the paywall or if it pulled it down afterward.

      But it also meant you could use your phone basically as a beeper without paying for texts. Just see who sent you a message, ignore the actual message and call them.

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