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I had a Pixel on Google Fi with this. When I got a call I could tell my Pixel to answer, ask who was calling, and ask the purpose of their call. I could see their responses transcribed and press automated response buttons.
It was amazing. Not sure why other phones don't support it, definitely a feature I miss.
Call screening and yeah, it is one of their better features.
Easily the best feature. I used it on everyone including family, friends, coworkers, robots whatever
Then they add ads to the feature. Then charge more for ad-free.
I want it to cost $6.99 to even fucking call me. Period.
Ah, blessed silence.
Omg! That's the answer! I need to change to a 1-976-xxx-xxxx number. $1 to call, and an additional $1/min.
sounds like texting but with extra steps
If you're in America you can add your name to the National Do Not Call Registry. Telemarketers seem to be ignoring it in recent years, but for many years I received almost zero spam calls. The feds just have to be prodded into enforcing it again. The penalties can be up to $1000 per call for high-volume offenders, like the autodialer services small businesses subscribe to.
Is that even a thing anymore or did that also get demolished by DOGE? It seems like anything that benefits companies but screws consumers and citizens is being dismantled
Pretty sure it's still a thing since the website still works. When DOGE shuts things down they tend to trash or turn off the sites.
That's what words are for... If you pick up, and say "hello," they will say why they are calling. God damn people will do everything in their power to NOT communicate with eachother these days
You're right that people avoid talking to people nowadays, preferring a text or an email or whatever. But that's not the point here, it's being interrupted from whatever you're doing to answer the phone for no reason. Modern autodialers make calls continuously, and when someone answers they feed the call to whichever telemarketer in the room is open. If they're all occupied the machine just hangs up, but it keeps dialing because they don't want to pay their minimum wage workers to sit idle for precious seconds. So for that reason people out in the world have to stop what they're doing to pick up the phone, say "Hello" and hear nothing but dead air and then a click. It's the tech equivalent of kids ringing people's doorbells and running away, except for profit. Fuck that crap.
I wish they never invented mobile phones, my wage doesn't justify being bothered outside of work.
I can read why you're calling in 3 seconds and it takes no mental energy if I don't care. If I talk to you I need to use significantly more mental energy and it's more disruptive to anything I was focusing on. The people I least want to talk to are the most likely to call, and are the ones who will be the least direct about why they're calling and waste the most of my time.
Not wanting to talk to you on the phone is not the same as not communicating. The vast majority of phone calls are basically someone saying "stop what you're doing, what I want to talk to you about is more important" and they're wrong.
Good point, but in these scenarios you are free to just hang up. Most people I think are afraid of offending someone but if they are being assholes (salesman/scammers) you have no obligation to be nice or continue the conversation. I find it empowering, even cathartic to say something like, "Oh, you're one of those pieces of shit scammers I've heard about. Good day, piece of shit" or simply, "I don't have time for your bs" and hang up.
Sure, I could, but I don't want to waste my time. I don't get catharsis out of that.
Doesn't mean I don't talk to people, and even if I didn't talk to people on the phone... So what?
This exact argument applies to caller ID too. If you pick up you will hear their voice or they will tell you where they are calling from. Still would rather have caller ID.
i already know. they are selling something, or wantnme to do something for free.
phones need to implement personal:
if you are calling to make cancel change appointments press 1
if you are calling to share updates press 2
if you are calling about those 20$ you owe me, press 3 for venmo info
...
i want it
This is what texting is for.
Unironically.
Text "hey I need to know how to use (xyz), can you walk me through it?"
Response "sure"
(Call)
Unless you're my friends, which is then this.
Them: wyd?
Me: (immediate response) Hey man. I'm going to wrap up work at 5pm, then I'm going to dinner with my wife. Want to come and bring your new gf? If so, let me know and we'll pick you up.
Them: (2 hours later) 🦶🪐📐🪬 haha feel me?
"you have received a request for a call concerning Casual Conversation from Friend BILLY. Press 1 to accept"
Might be convenient