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Other than another failed attempt on google's part to unify disparate things (like google and youtube accounts), I don't know why fi hijacks your gv number. Fi'
by bubblethink 9y ago
Other than another failed attempt on google's part to unify disparate things (like google and youtube accounts), I don't know why fi hijacks your gv number. Fi's page is also so uninviting. I have been casually interested in giving fi a try, for example to buy a phone like moto x4. If you go anywhere on fi's page (https://fi.google.com/about/phones/ https://fi.google.com/about/phones/ for example), it won't let you do anything without a google account, which I know will hijack gv. Just why ? Let me buy a phone, and make calls, and I'll give you money. But no. And because of this unnecessary mess with gv, I would never try fi.
- danielsju6 9y agoFi is built on top of GV, from what I understand (Googler FYI but not on Fi team + only speaking from being a Fi user myself for a couple years). If you're worried about the ability to port your number back to Google Voice, just use a different Google account? Also just signing into the page to look at the devices is not going to hijack your GV.