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they need it for texts since more and more entities are requiring "2-factor authentication" for logins, and texts for doing that are easiest and less data intensive than email.
Gawd I remember the days when early ISPs were charging 10 cents per email message and people were using IRC programs like ICQ to communicate to avoid the mail charges. 
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