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moe90 ( moe90@feddit.nl )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone

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Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone

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moe90 ( moe90@feddit.nl )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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A recent survey found a quarter of people aged 18 to 34 never answer the phone.
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    American? I’m from The Netherlands and I get maybe 1 spam call every other month or so. And I’ve been using the same number for almost 25 years.

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      Must be nice to a functional telecommunications agency that has the tools to punish soammers.

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        Oh we do too. Verizon and att make money off of selling the scammers our phone numbers and they wont spend the money to stop it

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      Canada, we face the same issues as the US for telecom stuff

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