Comment by KingOfCoders
3 years ago
I'm on a prepaid plan. I had the maximum plan (unlimited data, unlimited voice) for two decades but with home office, I spend most time indoors so I've switched to a <10% cost prepaid plan which works mostly fine.
Some months my data volume doesn't last till the end of the month. I use SMS instead of the Signal protocol then.
Yes I might be a minority, but if you're not the market leader, cutting out minority groups of users will not make you more successful.
What's your mission: Giving secure communication to everyone or become the next WhatsApp?
Your data is completely switched off when you run out? In Europe it would be illegal to market this tariff as a "flatrate" and typically data plans are just reduced in bandwidth once your volume is used up.
> In Europe...typically data plans are just reduced in bandwidth once your volume is used up
"Reduced" is a very kind characterization, even if it's literally true - in my experience (with Vodafone and Three) this means ~64kbps which makes even messaging apps functionally unusable.
Since I started traveling more, I use my eSim slot for a ~7€ data-only plan from one of the discount MVNOs just to avoid being caught in this situation.
No, but it's very unreliable and Signal doesn't work (Germany, Deutsche Telekom, Android, Mi 11 Ultra).