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by nitwit005
204 days ago
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Whatsapp came out 16 years ago. Yes, the main driver for adoption was avoiding fees. They still emphasize it being free to this day. The adoption of messaging apps caused a lot of carriers to reduce or eliminate the SMS fees, as they saw the business was evaporating. |
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One of Signal's main cost centers is activation SMS messages. For many other small players it is a significant factor too.