Filter for telemarketing calls and commercial SMS's

I think this is something Jolla doesn't need to provide. But interfaces needed for someone else to implement it should be provided, if they aren't already available.

Why shouldn't Jolla provide this kind of functionality? When was the last time any vendor innovated when it came to SMS? I'm surprised that protecting users from major annoyances such as SMS spam (which is on the rise) hasn't yet been addressed by any of the major mobile vendors. You could say that, like email, it's down to the ISPs to filter out the spam, but as that isn't going to happen it's another area in which Jolla could differentiate. That's not to say interfaces as well wouldn't be nice, allowing third parties to build on the stock filtering solution.

Also see the following question which, while related to this one, goes further: https://together.jolla.com/question/7675/idea-sms-spam-detection-based-on-keywords-and-unknown-sender/

@Milhouse Because there are so many interesting solutions to the problem that Jolla would not probably pick the one all people like. I don't mind Jolla implementing it -after- the interfaces are available - letting me and others to implement internet phonebook-based blocking, for instance. Priorisation.

I think this is something that Jolla would need to do - it is related to the concept of custom ringtones, where the app handling incoming calls resolves the number as a specific contact, and then decides how to display the call/message (if at all). Giving this sort of control to a third party is probably not a good idea.

@Milhouse Filtering by ISP already exists, you should suggest yours to propose that, or change provider.