It used to be expensive to call you. That’s why it was a pleasure to pick up the phone.
Now it’s so cheap that it’s more expensive to pick up a call in terms of your wasted time.
Those dudes at Sweetwater must be rich.
Usually it’s just a scam/robocall, and answering will register your number as “active” causing them to bombard you with even more calls. It’s not worth the risk when most people I know know to text me, not call me.
This.
I dont even wait for it to stop. Ill answer, place myself on mute so they hear dead air, and then wait for them to disconnect on their own. Same number for nearly 20 years and only get spam calls about once a year when they try to probe my number again.
This isn’t even a slight exaggeration.
Robocalls
I “torture” them for fun. And then torture John with a thick accent afterwards. Just a hobby.
I see it the same way as mail. Getting the mail is so exciting as a kid because it’s a glimpse into being one of those adults; you race to the mailbox to be like the grownups. Nowadays, I drag my feet getting the mail because it’s just another pile of junk and bills that I already paid and wish were paperless.
You guys take unknown numbers?
I just put my phone on do not disturb and allow my entire contact list to get through.
That way it blocks unknown numbers
I unfortunately need to take calls from 7nonown numbers fairly often. My goto for scammed is to pretend tonhave trouble hearing them for a few seconds, then just mute the phone and leave the call going instead of hanging up. I figure the extra minute they spend trying to get me to talk back is a minute they’re not targeting someone else.
Lately I’ve been getting marketing calls with recorded messages.
And it’s absurd to even wish I didn’t need to have a phone.
Enshitification of phones started shortly after
These days, we all have a phone in our hands every second, and the Internet connects us directly to the entire world. Back then we were isolated in our little bubbles, and a ringing phone meant the potential for a connection outside of our home. It may not be a big deal now, but it felt like it was back then: “The WORLD is calling!”
You wait for it to stop ringing before googling? I’m so offended I google it as it’s ringing
We didn’t have SMS in the past
Yeah, there’s numerous silent methods of getting in touch with me that don’t distract from whatever I have going on in the moment. If you’re going to ring my phone and screw up my flow you better have a pretty damn good reason.
I actually screen all unknown numbers and ignore them. I’ve been suffering so many automated social engineering attempts that this is the only option. If you want to contact me, email me or text me first.
