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The app on their end is likely set to detect fraudulent use.
ANONS, SIGN UP FOR POTUS TEXTS
The texts and surveys DO ask for donations, yes.
You may donate or skip each time as you wish.
Key to remember that in the case of Twitter shutting down and other means of communication are eliminated, the text database could be POTUS' means of communication to us.
Other outlets may be unreliable – in my household, when the emergency text was sent out several weeks ago, one person received it, but the other didn't.