I’ve completely turned off notifications for the phone. If someone wants to call me, they either need to use FaceTime (which hasn’t been overrun with spam, yet) or schedule a time with me. I also subscribe a call blocker.
How would someone without an Appke device or AppleID get in touch with you realtime? If all friends and family are already part of the Apple ecosystem, then okay for now, but you also would basically be filtering your communications to only people that fit that description in the future, as well.
Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp, which are all cross platform?
I do the same & WhatsApp is the answer for me. I am considering ditching that because it’s the last thing I use that is owned by FB though.
People without Apple IDs can’t call me without texting first. I don’t get calls over FaceTime except from my parents anyway, everyone just texts, either iMessages or Signal.