> Fwiw, I set my phone on do not disturb for numbers not in my address book. That’s an easy way to not be bothered if that’s your jam (I just check messages if/

> Fwiw, I set my phone on do not disturb for numbers not in my address book. That’s an easy way to not be bothered if that’s your jam (I just check messages if/when I want to). And this is the cost of spam. There are people who may not be in your phonebook who are legitimately trying to call you about someone in your family being e.g. in hospital. Yet this is completely absent your analysis on the ethics of cold calling.