Helps the problem. Prior to being able to block numbers on most phones, it was the only option.

Definitely makes texting conversations better. Makes blocking people easy which is nice with scammers.

But still, I've posted my gVoice number out there too quickly in the past, then spent months fending off every kind of Indian-based call center scam you can imagine. years after the first time I ever posted by gVoice number in an advert on CL, I continue to get 4-5 calls per week in Cantonese, Mandarin or some other variant of Chinese I can't understand with cute music in the background. One of my Chinese coworkers tells me they're scam calls telling me a document or package is tied up in customs or waiting for me at an embassy, waiting for me to pay a fee.