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IMHO inbound calls should have negative price for everybody by default. Phone network operators should raise prices for calling people and share part of this mo
by qwerty456127 8y ago
IMHO inbound calls should have negative price for everybody by default. Phone network operators should raise prices for calling people and share part of this money with the recipient.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoHow does this work when a friend is calling you?
- thoughtfunction 8y agoWhitelisting, and you can press a button to refund after the call.
- qwerty456127 8y agoNo, there should be no option to refund. If there is it will become a moral obligation, many people will feel bad about not-refunding in whatever a case.
- qwerty456127 8y agoI mean when non-spammers but annoying people call.
- thoughtfunction 8y agoIt's about mass marketing spam, not people you know. People you know will call from a consistent phone number, and you can use time tested methods such as not answering instead of making them pay 0.10 to talk to you.
- saalweachter 8y agoIf they're a real friend and you're not an asshole you'll call them as often as they call you.
- qwerty456127 8y agoMost of my friends don't (and I love this!), they send me messages in Telegram and WhatsApp and we either discuss the matter this way or meet in person. If I felt like I am to call a friend I wouldn't mind to spend twice the rate and I would certainly love a half to go to the friend's account instead of just the phone company account.
- ndnxhs 8y agoJust ban spam calling.
- bottled_poe 8y agoThis is not easy to define, so this does not seem like a realistic strategy.
- hrktb 8y agoNot all annoying and inane calls are spam. I also don’t want my doctors office to call me to remind me of a reservation I already got reminded by SMS and email, and would have received a fax if they knew I could receive them. I strongly agree inbound call should have way higher cost for the caller, except for very special cases like emergency services and administrations. I’ll pay to call my family, it’s important enough to me. I’m already paying for support and other service lines anyway.
- c22 8y agoOn the other hand isn't it amazing that we live in a world where phone calls are so cheap almost everyone can afford to call their families?