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Comment by superchink

1 year ago

This 100%. iPhones have a feature to do this automatically. It doesn’t even ring, and goes straight to voicemail if they’re not in your contacts. It’s so freeing!

https://support.apple.com/en-us/111106

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yreg  1 year ago

How do you deal with deliveries from DHL and similar?

Everytime I buy something from an eshop I have to start taking calls around the delivery date.

Also it would be a bit annoying (and risky!) to have to remember to turn it on and off again any time I order food.

  • qingcharles  1 year ago

    I was waiting by the door for an Amazon package recently that was out for delivery and I got a phone call from an unknown number. I answered it and the guy said "Hi, I'm calling from Amazon delivery." and they almost had me. He then said some bullshit about needing me to log into some random URL and a laughed and hung up on him.

    The timing was essential, though.

  • kube-system  1 year ago

    That's relatively uncommon in the US, except for food and other perishables. Although often they text. But the people I know who order food and silence their phone normally are glued to the tracking page in the app anyway.

  • superchink  1 year ago

    I have cameras and and a smart doorbell so I know if someone is at the door. This plus in-app notifications handles food delivery for me.

    You can also set up a shortcut to toggle the setting. There’s been a couple times when waiting for a callback where I turn the setting off. Then when I get the call I switch it back.

    Ultimately, for me, the pros far outweigh the cons. But you have to make the decision for yourself.

officeplant  1 year ago

Then I get complaints from doctors that they are being shoved directly to voice mail, because they somehow have 8 different numbers to log.