I guess I want to save money on a legacy mobile phone subscription whilst using a privacy phone to it's full extent so I can at least pretend to be normal to friends and family. Rather than having the discussion that all my relatives and friends need to download simplex to be able to communicate with me. 😂 I temporarily retired my phone number for 2 weeks and realised how many people and services relied on using it. Then I found a prepaid PAYG plan for $2 per year just to keep the number active. I figure, as long as it can receive calls and texts (and forward them to me over the internet) that's pretty cheap.