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icameron on May 4, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Alabama landline that keeps ringing

Even their SMS api (GOOGLE) was shut down. That was just an automated google search and didn’t have to be staffed. Used it all the time to ask a trivia question or convert some units or get nearby locations. Like text pizza and my zip code and it would reply with 3 names and phone numbers. It made dumb phones smart.

mschuster91 on May 4, 2025 [–]

Yeah but... who still uses dumbphones?

devilbunny on May 4, 2025 | | [–]

Ever been in an airport with no WiFi and overloaded cell towers? Text doesn't use much bandwidth no matter how it's transmitted (SMS, RCS, or data).

srhtftw on May 4, 2025 | | [–]

My "daily driver" is a dumb Consumer Cellular Link II.

SMS based services are useful to me when traveling without my laptop.

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