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And then you got an ad before you know the justification.

iOS has call screening now and it is really fucking nice.

Calling from an unknown number that isn't on my contacts list? You have to listen to Siri ask whats the purpose of your call, and then Siri will let me know your response. Then, if available to answer based on how you responded, ill swipe to join the call.

I need an answering machine that can transcribe the message and email it to me. I would whitelist a select few that can actually reach me.

"You've reached rgb, speak your message after the beep and it will be transcribed and emailed to rgb."

For a little while I was using a Xiaomi 14 pro, and one of the AI features it had was that for phone calls you could have an AI answer the phone and basically ask this question. The problem for me is that this feature was only in Chinese.

All these companies are adding stupid shit like photo generation into their phones.. give me the English version of that!

If they're not in my very short contact list, it goes to voicemail. Isn't that how everyone does it?

It's not like anyone calls me anymore, anyway. Any.

I won't call you back unless you leave a voicemail. Too many years in IT did this to me. I NEED to know wtf you are calling about.

IOS and Android (or at least on the Pixels AFAIK) now have this feature where you can have it answer for you to screen the caller first.

iOS has exactly this.

This is just one of many uses of texting.

Would unironically be great if you could prepend a call with a subject line

OK, so, this is funny, but would you actually be willing to pay for that?

I'm a world-class penny pincher, but this seems to be such an absurd waste of money that it genuinely baffles me. I do get spam calls occasionally, but it's not even that bothersome. Usually, if they're not on my contacts list, I don't even pick up.

Why is this such a deal that you'd be willing to pay?! What kind of calls are you even getting?!?!

Makes me want a phone tree...

Thank you for calling. Are you trying to sell me something? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

Am I in trouble? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

Could you just have sent me a message instead? Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

Voicemail crying in the corner again.

we need a feature where if a number that isn't stored rings before sending a text, it auto ignores the call untill a text is sent.

Isn't that what your voicemail does?

I wonder how long before people are going: "Don't stress me out and ruin my day by texting me" or "I would like a warning, by a slight breeze starting to blow, five minutes before receiving an email".

don't most smartphones do that nowadays?

I mean... it was pretty great several years ago when it was new, but it's a standard feature in most smartphones now, yes?

I recently had a VPS with ionos.com. They make it VERY difficult to have any interaction with them outside of a phone call. I cancelled because fuck that. I don't want to ring people.