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Ask HN: Why don't we get spam on cell phones?
Why don't we get spam on cell phones as text messages, although we get spam via email?
- Navarr 15y agoClearly: Its illegal. I assume due mainly to the cost to consumers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam#Criminality_and_law_enforcement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam#Criminality_a... If we were charged on the amount of emails received, it might be illegal to receive spam through that as well :p
- beaumartinez 15y agoBecause text messages do cost money to send. Email doesn't.
- matc 15y agoThere are email gateways to all major phone providers, so one can send, rather than receive, text messages without cost.
- instakill 15y agoCount yourself lucky. In South Africa, where text messaging has been a big thing for about 2 decades, cell phone spam is prevalent and hated by the 74% of the population (the percent that owns a cell phone).