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There really needs to be a directory of "not so smart" devices. Like one that's still readable via bluetooth, but not requiring an account for data harvesting.

There's so fucking much potential in modern tech that is being squandered by every fucking company trying to be their own walled garden data brokers. And the results of all that data collection are abysmal! When's the last time most of us have seen an ad that legitimately informed us of something we didn't know existed but ended up wanting?

The productivity and quality of life lost because everything doesn't just have an open/publicly documented interoperable API is immeasurable.

If you have to be in Bluetooth range, why the fuck does it need to talk to a cloud service?

If I made a thermometer that I could view wirelessly, I would only make an offline option. I am not going to try to design an app and maintain a server that will forever eat my money for a thermometer.

Actually, a lot of the difficulty comes from regulations put in place because carriers were shit.

In one of the first cases involving Net Neutrality, the Madison River Telephone Company (now CenturyLink or whatever they've changed their name to this month) started blocking Caller ID from VOIP sevices, and eventually blocked Vonage outright.

The FCC came down hard on them, and in the aftermath one of the things they did was essentially prohibit carriers from blocking CallerID spoofing, because there's a lot of legitimate uses for it.

For instance, when I can load up the VOIP client on my cell phone to make a work call, I need the CID to show my office number. Or if someone works at a call center, their PC dials out with a phone number that's the switchboard number for the center.

Wtf you need anonymous cash refillable bus passes

That's just oracle sales

Oracle is like the mob. You’re in for life.

If you have an IP based phone connection, you can do that in your router.

I totally get that. My phone has been on silent for the last 7 years. Do not disturb for all but direct family members.

I hate when I have to answer unknown calls like when im expecting a call from a doctor's office or something. Usually my phone is set to ring only when a saved contact is calling me.

"List of Items Which Fall Through the Letter Box After I’m Dead

A letter inviting me to apply for a gold credit card at 17 % APR;

A bill from the Electricity company for £46.22;

A voucher entitling me to enjoy any king size pizza for £4.99 (garlic bread not included);

A letter sent to the wrong person, she no longer lives here;

An advertisement from a bank, promising the lowest rate mortgage available;

Some dust;

A postcard from a long forgotten girlfriend;

A demand for council tax from Islington Borough Council;

An offer to invest in Jupiter’s high income fund ISA;

A reminder from Central Islington Library concerning overdue books;

More dust, leaves too;

A First Direct bank statement, showing a credit balance of 342.39;

A birthday card, (unopened)."

I don't know over what time period, but I've had my main number for well over 15 years. I still don't get spam phone calls. I've had my business number for probably 6 years and it also doesn't get spam.

However, I've got a throw away number that I cycle out every few years for a few bucks and I get endless spam calls on it. Apparently I'm getting numbers that people have given up because they got too much spam. Now I'm worried if I ever need to change my main number I'll start getting crazy amounts of spam calls. Because for the throw away number I just check it once a week or if I need to get a code. I don't have the calls forwarded to my phone so I literally do not care about the spam.

Oh... You have no idea how some of us live.

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9am to 8pm every day. Calls minutes apart and they even sometimes overlap.

Having to update everyone on my new number would be just as annoying and wouldn't even eliminate the spam problem.

To verify ypur age. Obviously.

And not return it and continue through the registration process

In the U.S., robocalls and unsolicited calls still prevail (to some degree) because of a outdated telephone caller ID system. It's replacement, STIR-SHAKEN, has yet to be done, much less widely accepted (all the phone brands and networks). Look how long it took us just to get RCS texting.

In the US it depends on how good the call blocking is on your service.