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So instead you rely on the good intentions of your phone carrier? At least there are N third party messaging options that compete as well as open source/decentralized ones that aren't just run by a single business. But I'd rather pick between all of the various messaging options than having another thing that my phone provider needs to do well.


If I want to ask my neighbor for a cup of sugar, I can either send a text or whatsapp. I get to choose which messenger I trust more.

Whatsapp provides metadata about my social profile and my active ours of the day to Facebook/Meta.

Carrier text message available is a bonus to me.




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