The "You pay for texts" argument doesn't make a lot of sense. Most of the phone plans come with free texting before free data. I think the main reason why text

The "You pay for texts" argument doesn't make a lot of sense. Most of the phone plans come with free texting before free data. I think the main reason why texting is in decline is mainly the "You can do more with instant message", especially the groups messages which the article doesn't mention. It's so much easier to meet with your friends when you have a group conversation than texting friend by friend the same information. Group MMS exists, but they're not as responsive, a lot of people have them not working correctly, plus you can't really know who read the message.