Just let me have a phone where only my contacts get to ring it.
For those like doctor offices and others who need to reach you make them go to voicemail.
Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing us
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#122Check out Google's call screening feature available on their Pixel phones https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387?hl=en
That's nice for keeping marketeers out, but meanwhile you're sharing all your info with the largest advertiser on the planet ...
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#123I have no idea what a robocall is but I would LOVE a simple notification banner for when someone calls. I rarely get calls these days but when I do, it’s a major annoyance if I’m doing something on my phone. It’s time calls are relegated to the same level of urgency as WhatsApp messages and emails.
Number 1 reason why I still jailbreak.
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#124Just let me have a phone where only my contacts get to ring it. For those like doctor offices and others who need to reach you make them go to voicemail.
Honestly it blows my mind when I’m with someone who answers their phone when it rings with an unknown number. I have literally never done that, save for a handful of occasions where I’m expecting a call. It’s hard to imagine a scenario where it would be someone you would want to talk to.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Another terrible solution from German lawmakers that stifles innovation! Instead of figuring out a more measured approach they just made them all illegal :(
Sounds like a 100x better solution than the US where I literally receive spam multiple times per day as phone calls. Why don't you go innovate on something useful?
The US situation is also not ideal...but there is also solution in the middle
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#126I would love:
Auto-hang up on any call from someone who's number I don't have saved. Just give me a notification immediately thereafter. If it's someone I should know, I'll either have their number saved, or be expecting it. I don't want to be bothered otherwise.
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#127My solution to robocalls is to answer them and then be totally silent. After a few seconds, they disconnect.
The number of robocalls I receive has plummeted since I started doing this. I receive hardly any these days. My theory is that due to silent answers, the autodialers eventually mark the number as bad, or as a machine-answered number. I have no proof of this, though.
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not. Robocalls are one of those things that really upsets a small subset of people either because they are overly sensitive to robocalls or that they are a member of that unlucky subset that does receive a very high amount. Like most things in the social media era, the grievances of a very vocal minority appear to be a larger group than they actually are. For example, the title of the article tells us that roboc…
> Robocalls are one of those things that really upsets a small subset of people either because they are overly sensitive to robocalls or that they are a member of that unlucky subset that does receive a very high amount. And you never get Robocalls?
I noticed a big uptick when I was dumb enough to buy a domain without paying the privacy fee.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
In germany robocalls are illegal and the caller can get a huge fine.
Another terrible solution from German lawmakers that stifles innovation! Instead of figuring out a more measured approach they just made them all illegal :(
In your first sentence I thought you were being sarcastic. A little weird, I didn't know German government jokes were a thing, but OK.
In your second sentence I realised you weren't. Wow. If this is "innovation", then let it be stifled with all speed.
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#130My solution to robocalls is to answer them and then be totally silent. After a few seconds, they disconnect. The number of robocalls I receive has plummeted since I started doing this. I receive hardly any these days. My theory is that due to silent answers, the autodialers eventually mark the number as bad, or as a machine-answered number. I have no proof of this, though.
However, your number is still being sold and resold, so every time a new scammer opens shop you start to get calls again.