I was wondering why you would chose SMS over a notification system. So many advertising companies have tried using SMS, that ads asking for my phone number have

I was wondering why you would chose SMS over a notification system. So many advertising companies have tried using SMS, that ads asking for my phone number have gained a bad stigma (for me, at least!). But, in reality, I have unlimited messaging, and the ability to block messages from specific users. I really have no reason to feel this way anymore. I'm going to try it out. Thanks for commenting here!