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Agreed. On top of that, “netheads” also brought incessant spam to the system, which will ultimately lead to its demise.
by ipython 4y ago
Agreed. On top of that, “netheads” also brought incessant spam to the system, which will ultimately lead to its demise.
- lxgr 4y agoI'd much rather deal with the occasional spam message than having monopolies charge everyone through their nose per the kilobyte and deciding which applications are dignified enough to even make it onto their shiny network. Also, ironically, the only spam I get these days is via text or robocalls. I'd gladly get rid of my phone number altogether, if it wasn't for businesses insisting on using it as a primary user identifier, verification method, and communications channel.
- ipython 4y agoI receive at least 10-20 scam, robocall, or hangup calls per day. That’s hardly “occasional”. At least we both agree on how we would get rid of our phone numbers. But the reason businesses use it as a verification method is because it is hard to get one - and it costs $$$. It’s basically a outsourced, ubiquitous, federated human identity service. Notice how they all filter out voip numbers - because voip numbers are too cheap to acquire to rely on as a filter. They assume that only humans would pay the monthly charge for a landline or mobile number. So $$$ to pay for phone service is used as the universal “captcha” of last resort.