I’ve long wondered about this problem and why phone companies don’t just defer to their users. I understand why some people need the option, but I’d gladly opt

I’ve long wondered about this problem and why phone companies don’t just defer to their users. I understand why some people need the option, but I’d gladly opt out of accepting any foreign-originating calls since that’s just not relevant to me. Then they can use all the modern phone routing tech on my number to further enforce number verification etc and hugely cut down on my exposure to scammers. If a lot of people opted into this setting, it would help everyone as there’d be herd immunity as scammers would have a much harder time finding people who they could even contact.