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But this has nothing to do with anything I complained about. I don't recall complaining about the scarcity of "designer" phone numbers (for example), just that
by hlandau 5y ago
But this has nothing to do with anything I complained about. I don't recall complaining about the scarcity of "designer" phone numbers (for example), just that it is a closed system relative to email. The complaint, amongst the others made, is that I can't own my own identifier, not that that identifier might be unfashionable.
- theonlybutlet 5y agoMany countries have number portability meaning you can take your number with you to your new provider, it would be ownership in the same way as a domain address.
- hlandau 5y agoI'm aware of portability. This doesn't create ownership, it simply seeks to alleviate the most common pain point around the fact that numbers aren't owned. It's not the same thing as ownership such as regards a domain name. Telcos can allocate numbers as they please, much as ISPs or web hosts can allocate IP addresses as they please to your services but this doesn't make you the owner of them. Fortunately, nobody uses IP addresses in their email addresses (though it is allowed).
- theonlybutlet 5y agoThey can allocate it but that's got nothing to do with ownership that's customisation. In practice you basically have ownership in that you are able to move it around with you to whichever provider you want.