CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)

Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by bluGill on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:18AM (#25228070)

You should ask your carrier why they are charging for SMS. There is no reason to do that in 2020.

Though you are right Apple needs to deal with the reality of their customers.

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by ilikeerp on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:25AM (#25228118)

Wow - what a genious.

Plenty of places in the world charge for SMS. Ask all you want, doesn't mean things will change.

MY wife just applied for a mortgage in her home country, they won't approve it until they have a picture of her on file.. some places just do things differently hence the whole 'please test outside of the US' point of this post which appears to have gone over your head.

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by webmobdev on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:26AM (#25228127)

Many carrier plans do offer local SMS free. Why in the world would a carrier pay for Apple's INTERNATIONAL iMessage / Facetime activation SMS?

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by bluGill on Friday November 27, 2020 @12:50PM (#25230879)

Because SMS is essentially free. Companies exist to make money, but international phone fees ought to be a relic of the past. That they are not is a problem that we would all be better off getting to the bottom of and solving.

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by webmobdev on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:27AM (#25285718)

> Because SMS is essentially free.

What a ridiculous argument trying to blame another corporate to hide Apple's folly. By that logic, the same argument applies to Apple too - Installing apps used to be free before Apple decided to charge developers for it, and make all apps costliers for all us.

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