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minimos is offline minimos
2013-05-26 , 06:11
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#118
Originally Posted by Scorpius View Post
SMS is not free. WhatsApp messages are free (or were free until recently). Data plan is way cheaper here than an SMS plan.

Maybe in Europe SMS is 100% free? WhatsApp became mainstream because it's kinda free (not anymore though).
What are gonna do should Whatsapp guys shut down their service and servers and fly to Bahamas?
Because that's one big issue with the app-ified vision: when you switch from industry/open standards to proprietary applications and protocols, you rely your connectivity to a single private company.

Besides, here in Europe some operators are indeed offering packages with a certain amount of 'free SMS' per month.
 

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