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A comment on Twilio’s toll fraud problem. Parent comment

Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by Natsu on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:35PM (#34267887)
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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by hedora on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:27PM (#34269127)
Why is this not set to zero dollars be default?!?

I agree with other comments here. $0 is the minimum amount people should be willing to pay if they're not disputing charges or reporting fraud to the credit card networks / regulators.

Time is money, after all.

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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by Natsu on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:38PM (#34269259)
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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by lozenge on Friday January 06, 2023 @12:31AM (#34271361)
Even normal phone numbers have a (low) price that varies by country and can change over time, so what would the default be?
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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by saurik on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:50AM (#34272486)
FWIW, I do think $0 might make a sane default, but you do understand that the user would have to change it from $0 before they could use the account, right? The whole point of using Twilio to send an SMS is because you wanted the SMS to actually be sent, which means you are going to have to pay for the SMS, and SMS is always stupidly expensive.
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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by lmz on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:53PM (#34271115)
I wonder if this is why I don't get SMS OTP from some apps when I'm abroad and roaming...
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Re:Twilio’s toll fraud problem by janosdebugs on Friday January 06, 2023 @03:50AM (#34272494)
AFAIK the sender shouldn't have to pay more just because you are roaming. That's between you and your provider.
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