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This was my childhood (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Per text and per minute plans were the norm at least here for a long time, I had one until mid 2010's IIRC. A single text cost something like 0.069 €. Parents kept their kids from overspending with prepaid plans, which were the norm for elementary students. In Europe people typically don't pay to receive calls, so your parents could still call you even if you ran out of phone credits.

We got unlimited data plans before widespread unlimited texting, which meant people mostly stopped texting by early 2010's. I remember my phone plan getting unlimited 3g in 2010 for 0.99 €/month (approx 1.40 $ back then), albeit slow AF (256 kbps). Most switched to e.g. Kik or later WhatsApp after that.