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Originally Posted by hand-held
That's a damn good point, and has a lot to do with why you don't see more programs that publicly support PSMS - it just does not make sense to porn buyers. They want to put their credit card number in... it's in their blood. And once they're on their phone they do not want to have to double opt in - especially not if they have to exit the browser and send another text message.
Besides, working with the carriers is a *huge* pain and let's face it... most people in adult are way too independent to deal with it. I do not miss the days of a new batch of rules and regulations every two weeks, a new type of disconnect file three days, another QPass billing failure every six months... bleh.
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When we worked it we were working with a thirdparty, but had the US PSMS etc, and you're right.. between the fee hikes and constantly changing rules, you'd have to be a man on infinite patience to see it through.
I've got a sneaking suspicion (actually, no suspicions, I'm pretty damn sure I'm right) that they carriers want the mobile content niche wrapped up for themselves.
They couldnt do it officially, but charging a few g pm for a PSMS and changing the regs every second day pretty much makes seals the deal..