[jerf]

I am currently being hammered by robocalls, in relative terms at least.

I can't remember the last time I got an unsolicited text.

An anecdote to be sure, but I don't hear anyone complaining right now about unsolicited texts, so it doesn't seem like Hustle is the problem.

"I still want to have access whenever I want it. Maybe I can't have it both ways?"

You can, actually, and it isn't that hard. I have a strict "one strike and you're out" policy with my apps; if I see a notification I don't want, I either fix the notification preferences in the app right away, or if the app doesn't permit what I need, nuke the app's ability to notify. My phone is pretty quiet.

[reaperducer]

I don't hear anyone complaining right now about unsolicited texts

Really? You must not be listening. Do a quick Google News search and you'll find dozens of articles about it.

My T-Mobile hotspot has 133 unsolicited (and unread) text messages in it right now because spammers think it's a cell phone.

During the last election I received 50 or 60 unsolicited political text messages from both parties on my work phone.

Unsolicited text is a problem.

[craftyguy]

> I can't remember the last time I got an unsolicited text.

There's some bullshit law that allows political parties to harvest voter telephone numbers in my state, so I get pummeled by unsolicited text messages from political campaigns.

For the ones that actually have a human on the other end monitoring it, replying with 'I cannot vote, I'm a felon' (regardless of what the actual law is for voting and felons in my state) is a good way to get them to leave you alone.

[rightbyte]

I've never got any in Europe. Maybe the cheap spam bots are not localized?

Only robot calls I get is after contacting customer support they autocall you and ask the enter a rating of the call.