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> For most Americans, such robocalls represent an unavoidable digital-age nuisance,

No, I'm pretty sure this is very avoidable if phone companies put some effort into it.

Or if the practice was simply banned. In Germany companies cold calling private individuals carries a heavy fine (up to several hundred k), and I haven't had a robocall in 20 years.

Having a German (as parent poster) and Spanish phone for many years, I have never had a robocall. It's really surprising to me that this is a problem at all.

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