[QUOTE=PeterJohnson;6228556]Yes, Textnow locked a couple of my accounts for no reason, so I just bailed on them and didn't look back. Now I used [URL]https://mysudo.com/[/URL] on my phone and I'm not crazy about it, but it allows multiple numbers for something like $15 a month. It is billed as a "All-in-one Privacy App", which seems absurd, because it still uses SMS.
Mysudo works fairly well, but it is buggy sometimes with sending and receiving photos and have to send them one at a time or sometimes they don't go through at all. I don't highly recommend it, but it's what I use.
I know a lot of people use Google Voice #, but Google is terrible with privacy, so that's not really a good option for me.
I know you were asking about TextNow appeal though, and I vaguely remember getting an account of mine temporarily reinstated. But I"m not sure.[/QUOTE]I would like to know about the different texting app choices. I agree google is notorious, but here are all the good things about Voice. It is free. I can access it via a browser, so that means I can text from a laptop at home and I have no need to ever have my burner phone inside, less risk of discovery. And I make a point of not ever having it on even when it is stashed at home (deep in a golf bag), so even if google were to reveal the location of that burner, it would never uniquely identify me. My home is a cell signal dead zone, which is just fine w / me. I would never never use wi-fi for accessing the web at my home from my burner, that would be stupid.
When I use GV on the web, I either use the Epic browser that has a built-in VPN (at my office), or I use a VPN to access a large corporate server.
Can textme or text now say the same?