I tried using Truecaller for its telemarketer blocking and its just a pig. It put its hooks into every part of my phone and notified nagged me to install its si

I tried using Truecaller for its telemarketer blocking and its just a pig. It put its hooks into every part of my phone and notified nagged me to install its sister services constantly. I believe it also tried to replace my default dialer, if memory serves. It felt like a scammy application and I eventually gave up on it when I switched phones. A 'lite' version of this app would be wonderful. Heck, I'd easily pay a dollar or two or three for something that blocked telemarketers and gave me better callerID. I imagine Truecaller's free pricepoint is killing it. They just need to do so many shady things to make money. I'd rather just pay them outright and not feel my phone hijacked. Also, no service seems to be able to cut out scammers using cheap international voip and impersonating domestic numbers via callerid. I suspect there's no stopping this without some heavy handed regulation with voip providers. Truecaller wasn't able to identify or block these. They always came up as unknown. The scammers can simply cycle through fake callerid numbers endlessly it seems. It was amsuing to get the occasional 555-555-xxxx number. I don't think the foreigner scammers who watch Holywood movies for clues into how American culture works realized that these prefixes aren't real.