Because people are suckers and keep falling for it. If no one took advantage of these "offers", these companies wouldn't bother. That said, if they offered me

Because people are suckers and keep falling for it. If no one took advantage of these "offers", these companies wouldn't bother. That said, if they offered me more than a lousy $2, and all they were tracking was phone calls (not anything on chat/talk apps, just the actual voice calling), I'd sign up, because it's free money. Who the hell uses the phone any more? They want to pay to see how many robocalls I get?