> Annoying 90 people to make a marginal profit from 3 seems bad for society, and I would fully support a ban.
I mean, that’s easy to say in a glib way on a site like HN, but are factoring in the full consequences of the knock-on effects of a high-friction economy?
Oh, ads are annoying? Ok, everything that is ad supported ceases to exist. Little or no TV, no social media (ok, this sort of seems like a win), no newspapers, no magazines, no radio, much smaller movie scene (since they can’t advertise), etc.
I’m all for having healthy boundaries and being able to set healthy boundaries, but your solution seems like overkill.
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).
It makes sense that you feel a more positive about it than the average person, but you should be aware that the other 90% that are "annoyed" also have an opinion with which you will never interact
I wouldn't place cold calling on the same level as regular ads, ostensibly I care for whatever I get from the place showing the ads, which might or might not be the case on cold calling (I get that you said that you only called relevant people, but based on the general sentiment, I think we can reasonably say that you're an outlier, and even then ~10% cared enough to answer)
As someone that receives plenty of calls from numbers not on their contact list, it feels wrong that I have to actively distrust, instead of dealing with the problem from the source
, some countries (Like Germany) do ban cold calling, which seems the sane option to me, but I personally don't think America cares enough about privacy to even consider it
> 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.
> Little or no TV, no social media (ok, this sort of seems like a win), no newspapers, no magazines, no radio, much smaller movie scene (since they can’t advertise), etc.
I'm sure cable fees (much of which go to broadcast stations) could pay for plenty of TV.
And social media could survive fine if it had to charge enough to cover servers.
Newspapers would be in more trouble but they're already in deep trouble.
I mean, that’s easy to say in a glib way on a site like HN, but are factoring in the full consequences of the knock-on effects of a high-friction economy?
Oh, ads are annoying? Ok, everything that is ad supported ceases to exist. Little or no TV, no social media (ok, this sort of seems like a win), no newspapers, no magazines, no radio, much smaller movie scene (since they can’t advertise), etc.
I’m all for having healthy boundaries and being able to set healthy boundaries, but your solution seems like overkill.
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).