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So you'd rather pay extra to send completely unencrypted messages?

They're not completely unencrypted - they are encrypted with A5 between the handset and the tower.

They are certainly not e2ee.

They are completely unencrypted, just on the initial and the last "mile" the TRANSPORT layer is (sort of) encrypted.

pay extra ? I live in France, and SMS have been free for a long time here.

France is most certainly not the world.