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[nradov]

SMS will always be more reliable than data service because SMS runs over the GSM signalling side channel.

[Rjevski → nradov]

Which is irrelevant when GSM is going away and additionally Wi-Fi being more and more common.

[heavenlyhash → Rjevski]

Sure.

Aaaand last airport I flew through had a wifi signup which required your phone number.

To send you an SMS.

With a code for the wifi.

So uh...

I'll continue to take my SMS notifications (and emails, which also have nice well-known offline sync properties...) over any more modern appy things, please and thank you.