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Don't understand this comparison > While [paid company ID] may be just some paperwork and a small expense, the next requirement is more insidious: “a phone num
by eviks 2y ago
Don't understand this comparison
> While [paid company ID] may be just some paperwork and a small expense, the next requirement is more insidious: “a phone number and email address for Google Play users to contact you”. I’m fine showing an email address, but I absolutely do not want my phone number to be available to anyone on the internet.
It's exactly the same, only cheaper and faster - some dumb extra cost/paperwork: get an extra phone number for this form and never use it/forward everything to voicemail, keeping your main phone private. The same goes for email, although that one would be free
- thekevan 2y agoI also wondered why not just use a Google voice number. I have about 3 of them out the 10 or random gmail addresses I own.
- kreyenborgi 2y agoCan Europeans get Google Voice numbers?
- eviks 2y agoDoes it have to be a Google voice number?
- londons_explore 2y agono
- sschueller 2y agoThe issues with those is that google will prompt you if you don't use them. I lost my within a week because I didn't see the email. I keep my numbers at didww.com now where I pay a small fee but they won't just delete my number.
- eviks 2y agoGoogle and many other services reject voip numbers, though
- sschueller 2y agoI have numbers there that have been ported from local providers. There is no way for Google or anyone to determine if a number is a voip number. All google knows is which numbers they provided and this list may also be available to others.
- eviks 2y agoOr there is a simple database lookup way to determine that the number doesn't belong to the local provider: "Superfast Response Times As we access the entire mobile number portability (MNP) database in every country where number porting is in operation, Velocity can truly live up to its name, providing answers at lightening speed (typically less than 5ms)" https://tmtid.com/velocity/ https://tmtid.com/velocity/
- djweis 2y agoThat's not accurate - when a telephone company registers a block of numbers (at least in the US), you specify if it's landline, pager, VoIP, cellular, etc.
- Tor3 2y agoSame - I never need to give my personal number to anyone. It's not even listed, so I avoid 99.9% of scam/phishing calls (unlike my work phone). Only family and friends use this number[1]. I have another number which I only use for the local pay-with-phone system. Second sim in a cheap dual-sim phone. And then there's a phone number which I only use for handing over to those services requiring a phone number ([1]the only exception to this whole thing is that my local bank actually has my personal number, but that's a voluntary exception). There's no rule that "phone number" should equal "my personal phone number". Except for the phone number thing though, I completely sympathize with the author.
- londons_explore 2y agoIn some countries, phone numbers require a phone plan or service to stay active, sometimes at a not-inconsiderable monthly fee.
- Tor3 2y agoI use charge card plans for those phones - I pay only for the usage. I push what amounts to about ten euros into the plan and that lasts a long time. To avoid non-activity I send a text message a couple of times a year.
- lordnacho 2y agoSo if I have a problem with the OS itself, there must be a Google phone number I can contact? Right?
- eviks 2y agoOf course there is a phone number, it's even available on the first page of results if you, wait for it, google it. They also have an email. You'll be ignored, of course, but that'd be no different from what I'm suggesting the dev could do
- johnnyanmac 2y ago> You'll be ignored, of course, but that'd be no different from what I'm suggesting the dev could do I wonder what would happen to their metrics if they are reported to ignore support? And I wonder what would happen when Google ignores support?
- eviks 2y agoOnly thing left is to wonder, we don't have many examples of companies/individuals ignoring support to know for certain
- johnnyanmac 2y agoNot ignore per se. But I've never had a pleasant experience trying to get insurance to do its job.
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