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> in the states, you pay to receive SMS. > Again this is a cost in the UK - though with a headless mobile phone and a SIM with 'unlimited sms' this can be work
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> in the states, you pay to receive SMS.
> Again this is a cost in the UK - though with a headless mobile phone and a SIM with 'unlimited sms' this can be worked around, though the SIM need to be rotated.
The 2 scenarios seem to be:
1) SMS is included in the service. This makes sense. Original SMS were 0-cost to provide; they rode on existing control traffic.
2) Honest people pay per SMS. Spammers don't. As ever, this disproportionately effects honest poor people.