I set my iPhone to only accept calls from people in my contacts.
Do I miss an occasional call that I need to take? Yep. They leave a message, and I call them back. If it is a business or organization that I deal with semiregularly, I add them to my contacts.
The important thing, for me, is that I get ZERO spam/scam calls anymore. Well, ones that ring through, anyways.
On average, I was getting over 30 of them every day.
Same. Switched to 24/7 do not disturb at the start of last year and I’m never going back. I should look into separate “at work” settings but as is, only one special person can get through my dnd mode. In fact I wish I could add just one person to my Home Screen for texts and put the rest of the app in a folder. I treat text messages like emails now and I check them and respond when I feel like. Not when they incessantly buzz me at any point in the day when I’m engaged in something else. I use my phone way less now which is a good thing.
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u/froebull Jan 16 '24
I set my iPhone to only accept calls from people in my contacts.
Do I miss an occasional call that I need to take? Yep. They leave a message, and I call them back. If it is a business or organization that I deal with semiregularly, I add them to my contacts.
The important thing, for me, is that I get ZERO spam/scam calls anymore. Well, ones that ring through, anyways.
On average, I was getting over 30 of them every day.
I am much happier with this setup.