In other words, it won't change anything. I still get just as many scam voice calls as I ever have.
Recipients of a robotext can choose to delay the moment of interruption. They can wait until a more convenient moment to read a text, and determine whether it was spam or not. Recipients of a robocall have to deal with the interruption immediately. They can potentially delay to voicemail, but that isn't a guarantee.
Because of this, the expectation of robocalls is enough to put the act of answering any unknown caller past the threshold of reasonable effort. Being interrupted by a robocall is likely enough that I don't answer calls from any unsaved numbers; unless I'm expecting an unavoidable call (something employment or healthcare related), in which case I am held captive: forced to answer every spam call the moment it rings.
In that situation, not only must I answer the spam calls, but I must also be prepared each time to answer the important call I am waiting for! This is incredibly stressful, especially since I have ADHD and struggle to prepare for, and to keep myself prepared for, a phone conversation.
Both types of spam are serious problems, but it's robocalls that cause me the most stress and general harm.
Whomever wrote this has never been on-call, never waited to hear back on a job application, never gave their number to a romantic interest nor ran their own business.
> Recipients of a robocall have the ability to either pick up the phone or not. But on most devices, recipients of a robotext see at least some of an unwanted message immediately
> …unlike robocalls, scam text messages are hard to ignore or hang-up on and are nearly always read by the recipient – often immediately. In addition, robotexts can promote links to phishing websites or websites that can install malware on a consumer’s phone.
And per the article this particular regulation is already in effect for calls:
> The FCC already requires similar blocking of voice calls from these types of numbers.