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Robocalling strikes me as somewhat pathetic, regardless of who uses it. Sort like spamming people.


There are plenty of legitimate uses for it where you just want to get a point across.


>There are plenty of legitimate uses for it

Name one.


In my town, tornado and blizzard alerts, including road closings and school closings are delivered by phonebots.


Especially when the target is given to ignoring messages not accompanied by cash.




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