[saidinesh5]

We all had answering machines back in the day to hold our voice mail.

There's no reason we have to entrust all our emails/photos/media to big companies that actively spy on us, mine us for more data and in general act against our interests.

If things are convenient enough (i.e.. "just plug in this box into your router and use this address to access your own everything without fiddling with manual backups, network configuration, security, ddos, power outages, spam etc.." ), I genuinely believe that people would prefer that to "trusting big tech with all our data".

I mean i still remember how people made fun of Google for scanning through our emails to show us ads. The price we have paid for convenience is very high imo.

[jayd16]

This a pretty bad example considering people chose centralized voicemail when available.

[BitwiseFool]

To be honest "choosing" voicemail is something that has never once crossed my mind. It has always been "just there" as a part of every cell phone I have ever owned.

[ryandrake]

Plus, there's really no option for non-centralized voicemail to choose from. I can't replace my AT&T mobile's voicemail service with an answering machine box that I keep on my desk. Your only option is centralized voicemail. So, obviously everyone "chooses" it.

[jayd16]

Sure you could. You could have an app that picks up the call, records the response and then syncs to your desktop. But it's just not worth the effort.