Sending SMS around the globe with reliable delivery is very, very difficult. It requires an insane number of telecom deals + good infrastructure. There are hard SMS costs below the surface, which FB surely gets a nice discount on, and you have Twilio’s dozen years of experience.
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WhatsApp has been on Twilio for a decade & only moved more messaging to the platform over time.