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Jack Smith@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@oldestlivingboy : 1) in your marketing email you say "Callblock is the first app that blocks telemarketing phone calls automatically in iOS". but I've been using Truecaller to automatically block calls for a while now, could you explain more? 2) can this work alongside Truecaller, or is it an either or?
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Hal Gottfried@hgottfried · Founder, Level Up Labs
@_jacksmith exactly, just like hiya / nomorerobo
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Brian Kennish@oldestlivingboy · @rocketship, @callblockapp, @adblockfast
@_jacksmith (1) Check the explanation out at https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/0... and (2) I can’t remember – I’ll try to track the answer down.
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Jack Smith@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@oldestlivingboy #1 : Truecaller launched that same feature the same day as your article was published: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/0... in the post you link to, techcrunch doesn't say that you're "the first app" it says "Callblock will be among the first" #2 : cool
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Brian Kennish@oldestlivingboy · @rocketship, @callblockapp, @adblockfast
@_jacksmith They announced vaporware after we got some press the day before – and were already distributing this app: https://venturebeat.com/2016/09/... Callblock was then in the App Store when iOS 10 launched (http://www.loopinsight.com/2016/...), a month and a half ahead of Truecaller (https://blog.truecaller.com/2016...) – but, again, iOS was too buggy.
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Brian Kennish@oldestlivingboy · @rocketship, @callblockapp, @adblockfast
@_jacksmith Multiple call-directory extensions (like Callblock) should be compatible, with the first enabled taking precedence to act on common callers. (I am finding recent iOS bug reports about conflicts, though.)
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