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[–] 39 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The Dialer.

  • Comes with every phone
  • 10+ digit number instantly connects you with millions of people, services, and institutions
  • 3 digits connects you with life-saving emergency support
  • Very low-latency voice support
  • High quality audio (most of the time)
  • No ads
  • No obnoxious UI

All kidding aside, I'm routinely astounded at how we have yet to top the ease and utility of old-fashioned phone service.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Wow you’re right. How can we enshittify this? Perhaps you should hear an ad first before we connect you to the other side?

    Shit I shouldn’t give them ideas

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Your dialer may already be monetized! If you get a call from a company and see their logo chances are they paid for that. It's not enshittified yet, but it definitely could be. Source: I maintain a codebase that does this for a major device manufacturers dialer.

    I'm them-adjacent and I'll keep my mouth shut

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    God... Imagine being in the middle of an important call for say discussing family affairs for a dying family member and you just hear "there will be a 30 second advertisement break in 1 minute."... I'd probably pop a blood vessel.

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