Except that 90% of the time you answer and it just hangs up because it’s testing to see if the line is active to sell to telemarketers
It’s amazing how we’ve allowed a lack of regulation to completely destroy a fundamental form of modern communication. You basically can’t call a stranger and expect them to answer the phone, everyone is screening all their calls because more than half are scams!
Why would you answer it? If it’s important, they’ll leave a message. I’m not going to pick it up and risk having to deal with a scammer or something like that.
Same, I’ll just read the auto transcription of the scam call, bill collector, or my mother later when I have the energy
Shit, I don’t even answer my fucking door
Anyone who would knock on a door is clearly casing the joint
Why has this ladies laptop been given military medals and seen the global war on terrorism and desert storm?
Probably as she lives on coronation street, so she’s seen a lot of crazy stuff. Murders, rapes bombs etc. It’s not as safe popping into Rita’s shop for the newspaper and baked beans as it once was.
Fun fact - Gail from Coronation Street invented the hobby of dogging
Yep! Every single time if it isn’t one of my contacts or my caller ID doesn’t know who it is. If it’s important they’ll usually leave a voicemail.
I do not answer numbers. If I know you, you are saved with a name. If you are a reputable business caller ID will show me a name.
This is one of the reasons I got a pixel. To be able to get a bot to answer,of they are real they get recorded and it gets transcribed. So I can tell if I wanna pick up or not. I would legit pay for this feature on an app
Wait what? How do you do that?
It only works on pixel phones. Basically a Google boy answers for you and makes them questions. You read the questions and decide if you wanna pick up.
I meant like how as in how do you turn it on, I have a Pixel phone
Go to the phone app. Then press the three dots on the top right. Then settings and the spam and call screen. Finally press call screen.
Oh huh. Turns out it was enabled by default, I just didn’t know how to use it.
This is 100% my favorite feature. I’ve told so many others about it too. Just finally convinced my dad to get a pixel as well.
I have Bixby on my Samsung which I guess is similar?
If you know me you would have messaged in some format that is more reliable than calling on the phone.
If you called you either don’t know me or it’s important enough you can leave a message.
Doing this has gotten me off most spam call lists.
Sounds reasonable to me
Google has a screen call function. It reads a script and gives the caller a chance to respond all visible on screen so I can choose to answer actual humans.
It has been useful as the actual government called me and it wasn’t a scam.
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I have never really liked talking on the phone, even before the advent of cell phones. The fact that it seems to be fading more and more as a common communication tool is something I am honestly pretty happy about. Sure it means I have like 4 messaging apps on my phone, but I don’t really mind. Even work is all text via Teams.
It has probably been at least a year since I have made/received an actual audio call on my phone.
Yup, all the time.
