yes.
Hopefully that day comes where people understanding that keeping your PII private is for good reasons, and not for hiding anything bad...
It is a pitty, that many (most) governments make the life hard (through laws/regulations/...) for companies wanting to offer services like aliases for phone numbers.
Wouldn't it be great if I could give an alias phone number, and if I want I can redirect that number into the void [1]
[1] or instead of redirect into the void possibly other good or less good ideas like "pay $1 to call me"... which would help some cases where I would have liked to delete an alias, but not sure if I didn't give it to someone that I want to keep in contact with
This is putting a bandaid on a rotten leg. What is needed is a way to stop businesses from calling you if you haven't given them permission. It is a huge problem in the US but it isn't like this everywhere. The underlying problems should be fixed instead: Laws that actually prevent this (enforced laws) and the opportunity to block non-local calls from places not as functional (like calls from the US).
I have had the same mobile phone number for decades and I get maybe one call a year from a business that I haven't specifically allowed or requested calling me and it is always international because local laws actually work.
Yes, it is a band aid, or one solution out of many needed ones, and yes, probably not highest priority in terms of needs. But it doesn't have to be a either...or...
And I wouldn't derive from your lack of need from a lack of need for others!! Independently from the country. Stealing is allowed in no country, and it still happens in every country. Laws and enforcement is great, but it won't stop 100% cases, and if I like to have a door lock on my door (or two), then let me do... I don't care if some don't feel a need for it (and stealing is just an example... the same for so many illegal things).
It is a pitty, that many (most) governments make the life hard (through laws/regulations/...) for companies wanting to offer services like aliases for phone numbers.
Wouldn't it be great if I could give an alias phone number, and if I want I can redirect that number into the void [1]
[1] or instead of redirect into the void possibly other good or less good ideas like "pay $1 to call me"... which would help some cases where I would have liked to delete an alias, but not sure if I didn't give it to someone that I want to keep in contact with