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😡Just learned that blocking a caller on android doesn't block their voicemails😡 (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How fucking stupid is that? Sorry, but not having a good morning. This is like when I found out you can't set the number of rings either. Sometimes I just want to smash all my tech and go back to rocks, sticks, and leaves.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No, most blocking these days is done on the device level.

It used to be that your provider was the one who would manage individual number blocks, but now that smartphones can do that trivially easily, calling up your provider to ask to block a number will end up with the rep telling you how to block the number from your device. Granted, you still can do carrier-level blocking, but most carriers are moving away from it because the user isn't in control of those settings. Carriers are mostly hands-off with blocks, unless you're blocking specific types of numbers (like 5-digit shortcode numbers or toll lines).

So yes, this is 100% a failure of the OS in this case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's called declining the call.