What a crock. You can silence unknown numbers. Not to mention that nobody said you'd be forced to use this feature.
If an emergency happens with my parents, they're going to CALL ME. And the fact that I won't know about it if I happen to be in the shower or down the hall doing laundry or working outside for a few minutes is absurd and stupid.
Unbelievable that anyone would argue against this obvious OPTIONAL function, which has been present on telephonic devices for decades. Apple's handheld Unix computer/phone is the first I've had without it... and the one with the least excuse.
I'm still using my original SE, and I have Siri turned off. I don't remember it being a hassle.
I'd prefer that Apple stop removing valuable functionality and replacing it with junk. The removal of the headphone jack and Touch ID have deterred me from buying a new iPhone. I'm writing an mobile app right now, and I'm targeting iOS 15 so I can run it on my own phone. This requires some non-trivial workarounds to insufferable SwiftUI defects that existed until iOS 17.
Meanwhile, Apple refuses to fix the most absurd omission from the iPhone: audible NOTIFICATIONS OF MISSED CALLS. Truly stupid. So yeah... they have some work to do before dicking around with "AI."
"The guard lines are drawn in; making our play grounds much smaller and cutting us off from our best well of water, this is done for no other purpose under the sun but to interfere with our only enjoyment and to grind us to the lowest depth of subjugation."
This was written by an imprisoned soldier. Who thinks that a depressing number of college students today would be incapable of this writing quality?