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If you have a phone, you have a phone number. You can send a SMS to any mobile phone number on the planet and are (basically) guaranteed delivery. You cannot sa
by Alupis 4y ago
If you have a phone, you have a phone number. You can send a SMS to any mobile phone number on the planet and are (basically) guaranteed delivery. You cannot say the same for some proprietary system like Slack...
- Jtsummers 4y agoTry moving internationally, see how well being tied to that US number for SMS/MMS/RCS will work for you. Or move to the US from another country, and see if any carrier will take that foreign number, or if any carrier from your home country will provide an affordable international roaming plan in the US for the longterm.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoThat's a fair point—if you move internationally, you can't keep your phone number. I'd argue that's a fairly niche edge case, however, which still leaves us in a better situation than most digital identifiers. Google could relinquish my email address at any time for any reason and I'd have no recourse.