That's not a good reason to block Google Voice at all. Regular phone numbers also get recycled by phone providers after a few months of not paying the bills (or not topping up a prepaid account). The chance of me losing my regular prepaid number after a few months of traveling internationally is significantly higher than losing my Google Voice number.
I also seriously doubt that blocking VoIP numbers is anything other than companies making their own lives marginally easier (because VoIP numbers can be used by people generating multiple trial accounts in case they're used as a (bad) "proof of personhood").
GP here. Maybe I should’ve worded it differently. I wanted to say that it’s better for the users not to rely on an unsupported and poorly designed platform like the free Google Voice service. I’m not in favor of companies blocking VoIP numbers.
> Maybe I should’ve worded it differently. I wanted to say that it’s better for the users not to rely on an unsupported and poorly designed platform like the free Google Voice service.
But that Romanian SIM card I bought at a roadside kiosk on a boozy weekend in Timisoara without any ID is fine?
I also seriously doubt that blocking VoIP numbers is anything other than companies making their own lives marginally easier (because VoIP numbers can be used by people generating multiple trial accounts in case they're used as a (bad) "proof of personhood").