I no longer use phones to call people except the odd family member through WhatsApp (which is only because they're too old to use something more civilized, like

I no longer use phones to call people except the odd family member through WhatsApp (which is only because they're too old to use something more civilized, like Discord rooms). The telephone network just seems like some vestigial leftover only used by pollsters to scare us with 80-year-olds' candidate picks in midterm elections.