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philipallstar 3 hours ago

Why would that hurt a consumption-based economy?

twodave 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Telcos make money off of scammer activity.

colechristensen 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe in the same way that Office Depot makes money on the envelopes used in mail fraud

swed420 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a vector for advertising.

philipallstar an hour ago | parent [-]

But that's not a consumer initiative. Advertising can come from all sorts of places that the consumer doesn't like, and in economies where advanced levels of consumer choice are limited to the state bureaucrats.