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[–] sleepy555@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (11 children)

It's embarrassing that we haven't solved spam calls yet.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Marketing companies and phone carriers make a lot of money from it. Spam calls are a whole industry. Nobody has made a serious, major attempt to solve the problem because too many people are getting rich off of it.

[–] onion@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

phone number/email aliases basically solve it, which I think apple provides?

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I’m not sure. I’ve used the email aliases, but I’ve never looked into whether telephone ones are an option.

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