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Nice idea, but the fact that it requires sending to a US-specific phone number makes it unusable for most of the world.

For me, the ideal implementation of this would be a simple app to which you could send the photo using the "share" functionality built into iOS/Android.




I think that's addressed in the FAQ:

> Currently, we only have a US based phone number that can be used to interact with our service. We understand that this can be expensive in some countries, so we will be working on a WhatsApp integration for the future.


Why not email


Or a web app?


Why an app if it can be done without


POST seems fine(?)


Fair point. My current target market is people able to send via a text message.

This actually used to have a Messenger app, but the maintenance to spam ratio was too much for something I’m not interested in babysitting.

Maybe I’ll add WhatsApp integration in the future, if enough requests are made for it :)


The US is a big market. And is the most likely country that people will be able to send to. So it’s a great place to start.

I use voip accounts and have been able to send to international numbers for years.

I think the phone interface is great and allows use from lots of international feature phones.

I just used it and think it’s way better than having a custom app or web site.




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