I feel that access to my phone number (and in turn, my privacy and viewing habits) is worth more than the fraction of a cent it costs to host that text snippet.

I feel that access to my phone number (and in turn, my privacy and viewing habits) is worth more than the fraction of a cent it costs to host that text snippet. In fact, signing up is not even worth my time. Contradictorily, I will still happily spend my time complaining about it.