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Just great - so someone who wants to spend $20 can have my phone beeping away? Does this get past banning a contact? Can you even ban a contact? What happens n
by RyanZAG 14y ago
Just great - so someone who wants to spend $20 can have my phone beeping away? Does this get past banning a contact? Can you even ban a contact?
What happens next, pay Facebook $10/month so others can't pay them $1 per message to spam you?
- lanstein 14y agoThat's basically SMS in India in a nutshell from my understanding. Except I believe there's a third level allowing SMS spam.
- jgross206 14y agoThat seems a bit alarmist. Someone who pays 20$ can have your phone beeping 20 times. That's a lot of money to pay for a mild annoyance.
- to3m 14y agoThey could get you to bid against the spammers, perhaps. If somebody will pay $1 to send you a message, maybe you'll pay $1.10 not to receive it :) But if they feel their message is THAT important, perhaps they'd then pay $1.20 to ensure you get it...
- toki5 14y agoThe article says that at the moment (realizing that this is still very early), users are limited to one message a week. I imagine that this will rise, but if they keep a relatively low limit on the amount you can send, I should think that spamming would be infeasible. It's also (again, currently) "not available to Brands."
- pavel_lishin 14y ago> Just great - so someone who wants to spend $20 can have my phone beeping away? I can already do this by paying $20 to upgrade to an unlimited SMS plan on my phone.