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Based on my experience with Google Voice, I think of not allowing Google Voice as a positive that could help people. I’ve written a little bit about why not to
by AnonC 3y ago
Based on my experience with Google Voice, I think of not allowing Google Voice as a positive that could help people. I’ve written a little bit about why not to use Google Voice in this comment (on this same post) here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39270503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39270503
My experience may not apply to you, but it is still a risk, IMO, to rely on the “free” Google Voice.
- lxgr 3y agoThat's not a good reason to block Google Voice at all. Regular phone numbers also get recycled by phone providers after a few months of not paying the bills (or not topping up a prepaid account). The chance of me losing my regular prepaid number after a few months of traveling internationally is significantly higher than losing my Google Voice number. I also seriously doubt that blocking VoIP numbers is anything other than companies making their own lives marginally easier (because VoIP numbers can be used by people generating multiple trial accounts in case they're used as a (bad) "proof of personhood").
- AnonC 3y agoGP here. Maybe I should’ve worded it differently. I wanted to say that it’s better for the users not to rely on an unsupported and poorly designed platform like the free Google Voice service. I’m not in favor of companies blocking VoIP numbers.
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago> Maybe I should’ve worded it differently. I wanted to say that it’s better for the users not to rely on an unsupported and poorly designed platform like the free Google Voice service. But that Romanian SIM card I bought at a roadside kiosk on a boozy weekend in Timisoara without any ID is fine?