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What does this mean for Twitter Digits? Will their free SMS authentications continue? It would be a perfect fit if they phased in Twitter Digits as a Firebase
by rjvir 10y ago
What does this mean for Twitter Digits? Will their free SMS authentications continue?
It would be a perfect fit if they phased in Twitter Digits as a Firebase authentication provider - I suspect many developers (including myself) already use these 2 services in tandem.
- jayrhynas 10y agoThey do say > During the transition period, Digits, the SMS authentication services, will be maintained by Twitter. but it's unclear what will happen long term
- redindian75 10y agoLong-term it will be with Google. It says so here: As part of this acquisition Digits will be transitioning to Google over the coming months but will be maintained and operated by Twitter in the interim
- alex4Zero 10y agoThe main thing is that Digits is free. We are using it in our products. I hope Google doesn't have plans to earn money here
- jrowley 10y agoI wonder what it costs to operate Twitter Digits. I can't imagine they are using Twilio as an SMS gateway.
- blackaspen 10y agoTwitter has a bunch of longstanding SMS delivery agreements, so it's quite cheap.
- johnsmith21006 10y agoCrazy thought but does Digits have value for Google with adding SMS to Allo?
- bdd 10y agoTwitter used to be the biggest SMS sender in United States. Much larger than Twilio, even bigger than operators like Verizon and AT&T. Infrastructure that came from Cloudhopper acquisition with continuous care and improvement gave Twitter a reliable and super cost effective _world-wide_ SMS delivery platform. (I was an employee 2012–2016)