There are two big downsides to this:
* Cost. Mint is cheap but Google Voice is free if you don't use long distance.
* I can send texts and make calls with Google Voice from a laptop or tablet that has wifi. If my dual SIM phone is broken/stolen, I'm short-term out of luck, including those pesky SMS 2FA auth sites.
Not acting also has further downsides. Google can and probably eventually will kill Voice without much notice.
Scott Williams 🐧 /
npub1hm…msatr
2024-11-13 19:31:49
in reply to nevent1q…n6ga
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