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by sleepyhead 3648 days ago
No, there are already plenty of other services to be used to send SMS to your phone.
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So adding yet one more with competitive pricing won't do anything?

I thought same thing as the parent when I started reading blog entry. Especially the part where opt-in requirement was removed.

No, lots of alternatives already. And given the more complex AWS Console and documentation compared to alternatives I don't think it will make much difference to whether someone who wants to start spamming your phone will think "ah yes since I can now send SMS with AWS now is the time to start spamming"