US carriers stopped charging for SMS around 2010 or thereabouts (cannot remember), or they included so much in the plan that it may as well have been free, so m

US carriers stopped charging for SMS around 2010 or thereabouts (cannot remember), or they included so much in the plan that it may as well have been free, so most people just stick with the convenience of not having to install another app on their phone. For photos my friends and I just emailed them to each other. I usually tried to move the conversation to Skype/AIM/MSN though after cell devices were more developed. Now its discord and telegram for everything for me with SMS sprinkled in.