1) I don't understand #3. How do you sidestep the forced data plan? I
might want to do that...can you do that and still use Wifi?
2) Sheep. Paying for txt on top of data/voice is just silly. Charging
for it is evil, but the American way (since, WE are willing to pay for
it, apparently).
On 9/22/2011 6:28 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Personally I am fine with the ability to communicate things when you want to
communicate and how you want to do so with minor qualifications.
1. SMS as a service costing money per use or in packages is redundant and
ridiculous. Twitter serves the same role same as any other form of IM over
data link. I don't have texting, don't send me a text it cost me money,
that's my complaint.
2. This policy of providers of openness first privacy second has to go. I
use the ability to share details about my life with people all the time but
only the people but I choose to do so with. As long as privacy rules default
to deny everything by default and have granular allow to few, I am fine with
it.
3. Mobile data is just too damn expensive and too damn limited to be
useful. $5/mo per GB shared by my entire family plan would be acceptable
until then I go without mobile data also. ( yes, I have a smartphone and
have managed to sidestep the forced data plan by opting for data-block on
all lines, wifi or die!)
That said, the texters who sit and text rather than talk to the person
sitting in front of them is a little ridiculous. Same goes if they are still
using sms instead of just taking advantage of data services, for as long as
they pay for these stupid little text packages real data access will never
come down in price.
