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>It's terrible: phone numbers are easy to lose At least in the US they're nearly impossible to lose because of phone number portability. >and not everyone has
by gruez 1y ago
>It's terrible: phone numbers are easy to lose
At least in the US they're nearly impossible to lose because of phone number portability.
>and not everyone has a phone number
Most people do, not least because plenty of other services (eg. banks) require a phone number.
- ethagnawl 1y ago> At least in the US they're nearly impossible to lose because of phone number portability. If you miss a few payments, you'll be at risk of losing your phone number.
- gruez 1y agoIs this a socioeconomic status thing? Cellphone plans are dirt cheap, on the order of $20-30 for a modest plan. I guess it's theoretically easier to lose than a free email plan, but I don't see either actually occurring.
- jajuuka 1y agoThis requires planning ahead for a disconnection though. Porting out your number requires the source number still be active. It's just so weird to require a paid service to access a free service. Why not just a free service like email that can be accessed via free wifi.
- tasuki 1y ago> At least in the US I'm not in the US. My current phone number is from a different country than the one I'm currently residing in. Endless headaches. Could I get a local phone number? Sure, but different kinds of headaches: updating all those asshole services who required me to give them a phone number. > phone number portability Portability? That makes me think "possible to hijack", ie "easy to lose". Are you immune to SIM swap? If so, how have you achieved that?