Youve missed the point, it WAS that popular here, that changed nothing. If I sent an SMS , they got it. If YOU send an SMS, they'll get it.

You can do whatever you like, but you're intermixing want vs need. So you can either CHOSE to send an SMS or you don't. But you don't NEED to. May be more convenient, but you need to decide whether to make like arguably easier, or maintain slightly more privacy. That's your choice, but don't kid yourself that it's not a choice you have.

I used to be nice to use privacy invading convenient things, it was great to tell my phone to remind me of things when I left work etc. but my privacy is more important than that convenience. Using a known abusive data minor as main method of communication is about as bad as it gets for me, at that point, all my privacy efforts are a waste.

I don't spit in the face of my own privacy to appease others, if you chose to, that's fine. Just own it.