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I don't get why this is the case, surely there must be a huge majority that hates those calls and wants them to stop? Is there some sort of political lobbying that prevents effective laws from being passed?

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There is lobbying indeed, the leverage being the call-center jobs.

In France for example, this activity was under scrutiny for decades (2014: https://www.lemonde.fr/vie-quotidienne/article/2014/02/12/de..., 2022: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/internet/telephonie/demarchage-t...), and even if the law is now more restrictive than before : - no week-end call - calls from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 8pm - you can be included in bloctel, a "do not call me list" it still leave room for this activity.

Almost all these jobs will probably be replaced by AI in a near future, so the main leverage will disappear and ...

That doesn't help offshore call centers dialing to you over VOIP. Different jurisdiction and difficult trace means almost no accountability. That's the problem in the US, plus our congress is of course, the best one money can buy.

I'd also imagine spam calls getting less effective when you get used to them.

But maybe that's not the case?

It’s actually a positive feedback cycleZ those who still answer the phone are more likely To be easy victims.

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