Is there any reason, beyond corporate greed, for SMS messages to cost so much?

If I get it right, an SMS message is just a short string of data, no different from a message we send in a messenger. If so, then what makes them so expensive? If we’d take Internet plans and consider how much data an SMS takes, we should pay tiny fraction of a cent for each message; why doesn’t that happen?

  • @BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
    6•8 months ago

    Yeah, I drop the equivalent of 16€ and I get 60GB data and unlimited calls and SMS with my Danish provider. Having to pay for SMS is purely corporate greed.

    • @PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
      2•8 months ago

      What about sending sms to other countries though? I have free domestic sms but pay like 0.20€ for international (within EU).