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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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