Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays

Posted by mperu on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @01:22PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.birthdaytexts.com/

I built a simple service that sends SMS reminders for birthdays.

Why? I kept missing birthdays, even with calendar apps. This single-purpose tool is simple and (so far) reliable. Since my texting inbox has a far better signal-to-noise ratio than email or calendar events, it ensures I never miss an important date. Facebook used to serve the same purpose, but it's a dying social graph for me.

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by rishikeshs on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @02:59PM (#42510807)

How r u offering it for free? How does the economics work?

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by pmdfgy on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @04:23PM (#42511256)

Given the fact that a persona with [name, phone number, birthdate] can be sold for more than $10 to data brokers and marketers, the economics are actually pretty good.

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by rrr_oh_man on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @08:49PM (#42512576)

> a persona with [name, phone number, birthdate] can be sold for more than $10 to data brokers and marketers

Source?

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by rishikeshs on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @11:10PM (#42513050)

Isn’t it ILLEGAL?

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by mperu on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @07:48PM (#42512330)

Freemium, the small % of paid subscribers subsidizes the free users enough.

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Re:Show HN: SMS Reminders for Birthdays by jll29 on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @04:23PM (#42511257)

The idea sounds useful.

For European citizens: there does not seem to be a company behind it, and no Data Controller is given on the site, so it's not GDPR compliant.

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