There are probably downsides and ways this will screw up real relationships but it will certainly increase the cost of spam.
- Every contractor (plumber etc) you hire will ask you to please add them to your contact list first so that they can message you.
- After a while of half their clients not doing that and lots of fees on their end, contractors stop providing a phone number at all, asking you to please install ContractorApp to communicate with them.
This message is from an unknown number. (Accept / Block / Charge sender $1)
It’s a boy!
That said - perhaps harder to change the name that shows up as quickly as you could leave a recorded name? :)
Still one of the best ads ever made.
I disagree about the we-adda-baby-itsa-boy issue. I don't see how that'd apply given that you can charge them $1 from the very first message.
contractors can add this to their invoices if they care.
>Every contractor (plumber etc) you hire will ask you to please add them to your contact list first so that they can message you.
This is reasonable. If they want to reach me, they should whitelist in advance instead of hoping they can randomly get through.