Also just a note. It’s better to silence the ringer than immediately reject. Some spam systems will register the reject since it doesn’t ring the full 4 times and it’ll mark the number as active. (Even worse sometimes they’ll start calling back to back from different numbers).

Silencing it lets it ring out the full 4 times and they don’t know if the number still has a person on the other side. Also just using the default VM prompt rather than a custom one will help reduce the numbers.

Source: Annecdotal via tests over the years between a few friends and I.

if it's important they'll leave a voice message.

"Silence unknown callers"

I know everyone hates spam calls, but if you've ordered a pizza (or a food delivery of any kind) you haven't received yet, answer your goddamn phone. Drivers have other deliveries to make and don't have time for your paranoid ass.

A part of my job is to call people whose addresses arent correct before dispatching deliveries or when the drivers arrive onsite and its not the right place.

If you're going to screen calls like this check your messages or make the choice not to scream at people when your shit gets sent back to the manufacturer and you get billed for the attempted delivery anyway.

You get notifications of incoming calls from unknown numbers?

Get SpamBlocker on Android. I don't know of anything for iOS.

I really hope the new season of King of the Hill lives up to the original. This show is fantastic.

Sometimes I answer, mute myself, and don't reply at all just to make them waste time