[acdha]

> Germany doesn't get robo calls, but that is at the expensive of not being able to use their phones as a phone when they want to.

Can you explain this? My German friends have never mentioned that as a problem and based on how surprised most Europeans seem to be that Americans let spammers train the country not to answer calls it seems like the opposite is true.

[bluGill]

It has been 10 years since I looked - 10 years ago spam wasn't a problem and Americans usd their phone for voice about 5 times as much as anyone else.

Even today most people I know answer their phone when it rings. And most people call each other often (though video calls are becoming common) We complain about the spam problems, but most people still answer the phone.

Anecdotally I can say spam calls were never the majority of my calls - and I don't talk on the phone much compared to most people I know. And the amount of spam calls has been going down a lot.