When people started calling my personal mobile number with questions about a voluntary organisation I'm involved with, I was confused: we weren't sharing that number. It turns out that Google had decided to take the number I used to verify my identity for Google Business some years prior and start putting it in Google Search results. WTF, Google?
  • gian English
    1•4 days ago

    In the US the “standard” low cost line was listed in the white pages by default, you effectively paid extra - per month - for an unlisted number.

    As far as I remember in Italy the situation was different.
    You can ask to delist the number when you sign the contract and it was free. I am not really sure if in the case you decided later to delist the number you needed to pay a one time fee for that, but keeping delisted was always free.

    • @MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      Italy, and all of Europe, have always had a greater respect for personal and a lesser respect for business’ profits than the U.S.