• @kitnaht
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    813 hours ago

    You know what I miss? Answering Machines.

    I’m tired of voice mail. I want my “voice mail” to live ON the phone and be provided by an app.

    • @[email protected]
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      312 hours ago

      I don’t see why this couldn’t be done with an app… though I’m not an app developer… So what do I know.

      • Nate
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        412 hours ago

        Modern voicemail isn’t done on device like it was with an answering machine. Instead of your machine picking up, your telecom provider does, so you’re no longer actually receiving a call, they are. Theoretically you could have it pick up a ring before your telecom does, but then you’d have 2 mailboxes and if you’re offline the call would go to your provider’s box.

        This is even the case for landlines nowadays. I had to setup a new phone for a lady and Comcast was snagging the call before her machine would. Had to change it to pickup before they did.

        • @kitnaht
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          112 hours ago

          There’s also security sandboxes and stuff in Android which don’t allow interaction with the phone components. You ever notice that there are no apps at all which can record the call you’re on? That’s why. They’ve locked it down so that you don’t have the tools to create such an app in the first place.

          • @Lost_My_Mind
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            010 hours ago

            Thats not true at all. On a previous android phone I had a voice recorder app. It could also record the screen.

            • @[email protected]
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              26 hours ago

              “On a previous android phone”

              They’ve been incrementally locking down those features and options (or security holes) over the years. I’ve used Tasker almost from the very first android phone to automate tasks and watched those features it tied into slowly get stripped away or locked down to the point of being useless.

            • @kitnaht
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              6 hours ago

              Voice recorder. Not phone call recorder. When I said phone components I’m not talking about the smartphone’s sensors and components. I’m saying the “phone” components which make the smartphone able to receive and make calls. That’s actually a sandboxed environment.