Do you use Truecaller?

Do you use Truecaller?

  • Yes

    Votes: 248 57.8%

  • No

    Votes: 157 36.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 24 5.6%
  • Total voters
    429
Occasionally. Find the interface rather benign. Notifications can be a bit intrusive too...
 
Used to, it was good in the beginning, but later versions really started hijacking everything on your phone.

Now I just don't answer my phone.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I despise telemarketers, yet, I understand that it is a job. My problem is that when I say, "no", it is a no, and some spam callers just find that unfathomable, especially the insurance sellers, and I am someone who admires persistence.

Then there are the law firms, and collectors, calling for debt who are as thick as their call lists. The amount of times I have to tell these people that I am not the droid they are looking for, ugh.
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Back when 8TA launched they offered a free outgoing minute for every three incoming minutes. I use to put the phone next to the tv when a telemarketer called and let them wear themselves out like a toddler throwing a tantrum in the mall. Some months I'd end up with 100 free minutes or more.
 
Yes, best way to deal with the banks, telco's and other sob trying to sell me things I don't want.
 
stefan9 said:
Yes, best way to deal with the banks, telco's and other sob trying to sell me things I don't want.
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The best way is to get as much detail as you can from the caller, and deal with the company directly afterwards.

I only get harassed by estate agents and Discovery now. I've complained to Discovery for years, but they couldn't give a ****.
 
Dont have truecaller, but i have blocked all incoming calls except those in my phonebook.
 
xrapidx said:
The best way is to get as much detail as you can from the caller, and deal with the company directly afterwards.

I only get harassed by estate agents and Discovery now. I've complained to Discovery for years, but they couldn't give a ****.
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Complaining with some is pointless...looking at you fnb and vodacom. Communication method clearly marked on all forms and apps as email. Still gets completely ignored when trying to sell you more crap.
 
Spammers now just pay Truecaller to not be listed as a spammer. Scummy.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Phone by Google is as good with less bloat. Truecaller does handle spam better though. I use CallApp because I don't like TrueCaller's bloat, but CallApp has unnecessary bloat too.

For all Android users I recommend Phone by Google. For those who have a Samsung use Smart Call (Hiya is good too) and it is native.
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I use the native Samsung thing. Works a treat
 
It started auto-blocking calls. Maybe it was just a setting that I had to change, but I couldn't find it, so the app got deleted.
 
Bewlen said:
Spammers now just pay Truecaller to not be listed as a spammer. Scummy.
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Yup had a call from Miiway once and it came up as a "verified business"... Complained immediately to Truecaller (I'm a gold member I have you know :)) and haven't seen another one
 
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