Yes, I get the “Spam”, and “Telemarketer” warnings, and generally don’t pick up with any number that isn’t identified as a contact anyway. And I realize that I can’t cut in because the voicemail is being left on the voicemail server, not on my phone. Just thought it would be interesting if someone had thought of a way to allow this.
It occurs to me that many younger people may not be familiar with how the old answering machines worked. They might not even miss hearing the message while it was being left, with the option of picking up right away.
Back when our only phones were landlines, and before those had any way of screening a call before you picked it up, I would still just hang up on telemarketers without getting into a conversation with them. No abuse, no messing with their heads, just “click”.
Later, when we got answering machines, there was the option of listening them start to leave a message, and then picking up and taking the call if it turned out to be a legitimate caller. That’s an option that would be good to have with mobile phones.
And now it’s appeared. They must have accidentally applied the invisibility spell, but now it’s been lifted.
Not like Geech, where half the comic is sometimes blacked out, and it never gets fixed.