You can send SMS on iPhone with the Google voice app. Yes it would be from a different phone number than your SIM, but it works.
Their pricing is rather premium. They ought to make it a lot cheaper if they want wide adoption since the competition is “free”.
My gut tells me cash should be some kind of baseline. A hedge against digitally enforced tyranny. One should not be forced to use “technology” (beyond that which needs to exist for a cash based system?) to interact with the larger economy.
Oooooo You cannot go against nature Because when you do (Go against nature) It’s part of nature too
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https://teddit.hostux.net/r/mrlovenstein/comments/159f4zv/planned_obsolescence/
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