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Marketing companies and phone carriers make a lot of money from it. Spam calls are a whole industry. Nobody has made a serious, major attempt to solve the problem because too many people are getting rich off of it.
It is fixed with STIR/SHAKEN. It's up to politicians to force the telcos to implement it.
https://www.fcc.gov/spoofed-robocalls
This subtle (but important) distinction is what I’m talking about. STIR/SHAKEN is a plan, but it hasn’t been implemented. Plans are great, but if nobody ever carries them out, their mere existence doesn’t actually fix anything.
The point is, is that nothing is going to get done unless the politicians pass a law that forces them to.
I actually think I'm on an internal "do not call this guy, he just wastes our time" list, cause I haven't gotten a spam call in years.
phone number/email aliases basically solve it, which I think apple provides?
I’m not sure. I’ve used the email aliases, but I’ve never looked into whether telephone ones are an option.