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There seems to be less spam for SMS. At least I does not seem to be a problem? So maybe the idea of a small fee for the sender is not bad?

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SMS spam is exploding for some.[1] A good 25% of my messages are from an address like 1a02341234e7@uyah23f.com.

[1] https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2021/09/28/do...

Oh - I had no idea. Since I have not even got one.

This is not true in India, at least. There is so much SMS spam here that everyone defaults to WhatsApp for any kind of actual communication with a human. SMS is reserved for bank OTPs, 2FA, and and and endless deluge of marketing messages.

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